Sir Nicholas Maxted Fenn GCMG (19 February 1936 – 18 September 2016)[1] was a British diplomat. He was High Commissioner to India from 1991 to 1996.

Fenn served as a RAF pilot in the 1950s before his diplomatic and civil service career.[2] Fenn later studied at Cambridge University.[3]

He lived in Marden, Kent.[4]

Career

Fenn entered the Foreign Office in 1959 and worked as secretaries at various posts overseas, spokesperson at the FCO and as counselor at the British Embassy in Peking. Fenn was fluent in Burmese after undergoing training in 1960 and assigned to Burma in the early 1960s.

Fenn's ambassadorships included Rangoon (1982-1986) and Dublin (1986-1991). Fenn retired in 1996.[5] Following his career with the diplomatic service Fenn served as chief executive of Marie Curie, from 1997 to 2000, after retiring as chief executive he continued to serve the charity as chair of its council of trustees until 2006.[6]

From 1972 to 1975 he was with the Energy Department (as Deputy Head) in the Foreign Office and at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1978.[7]

References

  1. ^ Nicholas Maxted Fenn
  2. ^ https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Fenn.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Sir Nicholas (Maxted) Fenn GCMG" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ Sir Nicholas Fenn obituary Retrieved 23/4/21.
  5. ^ "Biographical details". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Sir Nicholas Fenn, diplomat at the heart of great events – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Fenn.pdf [bare URL PDF]
Diplomatic posts Preceded byCharles Booth British Ambassador to Burma 1982–1986 Succeeded byMartin Morland Preceded byAlan Goodison British Ambassador to Ireland 1986–1991 Succeeded byDavid Blatherwick Preceded bySir David Goodall High Commissioner to India 1991–1996 Succeeded bySir David Gore-Booth


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