| Honorific prefix | Sir |
|---|---|
| Honorific suffix | KCMG |
| Birth date | December 7, 1915 |
| Death date | December 7, 1986 (aged 71) |
| Education | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Office 1 | British Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
| Term start 1 | 1973 |
| Term end 1 | 1976 |
| Predecessor 1 | John Killick |
| Successor 1 | Howard Smith |
| Office 2 | British High Commissioner to India |
| Term start 2 | 1971 |
| Term end 2 | 1973 |
| Predecessor 2 | Morrice James |
| Successor 2 | Michael Walker |
| Office 3 | British Ambassador to Yugoslavia |
| Term start 3 | 1968 |
| Term end 3 | 1971 |
| Predecessor 3 | Duncan Wilson |
| Successor 3 | Dugald Stewart |
| Office 4 | British Ambassador to Mongolia |
| Term start 4 | 1963 |
| Term end 4 | 1964 |
| Successor 4 | Reginald Hibbert |
| Office 5 | British Chargé d'Affaires to China |
| Term start 5 | 1963 |
| Term end 5 | 1965 |
| Predecessor 5 | Michael Stewart |
| Successor 5 | Donald Hopson |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) |
Sir Terence Garvey KCMG (7 December 1915 – 7 December 1986) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR.
Career
Terence Willcocks Garvey was educated at Felsted School and University College, Oxford (where he gained a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and was a Laming Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford, in 1938. In the same year he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He served in the USA,[1] Chile,[2] Germany and Egypt as well as at the Foreign Office. He was Counsellor, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1958–62; chargé d'affaires at Peking, and concurrently Britain's first ambassador to Mongolia, 1963–65;[3] assistant Under-secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1965–68; ambassador to Yugoslavia 1968–71;[4] High Commissioner to India 1971–73; and ambassador to the Soviet Union 1973–75.[5]
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service Garvey became a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is buried at Murrisk Abbey, county Mayo, Ireland.
Honours
Terence Garvey was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1955[6] and knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1969.[7]
Publications
- Bones of Contention: An Enquiry Into East-West Relations, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978, ISBN 0-7100-0010-3
References
- GARVEY, Sir Terence Willcocks, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 7 April 2013
- Sir Terence Garvey (obituary), The Times, London, 9 December 1986