Gordon Duggan
Gordon Aldridge Duggan was a British diplomat. He served as List of high commissioners of [the United Kingdom to Singapore|High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore] from 1991 to 1997.
Early life and education
Duggan was born on 12 August 1937, the son of Joseph Duggan and Elizabeth Aldridge. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate School and Lincoln College, Oxford.Career
Duggan joined the Foreign Office in 1963 and served in Canberra ; in Bonn, and then as First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Jakarta and as First Secretary in Canberra. He was Consul-General in Zurich and then Consul-General in Liechtenstein. After he was Head of the Commercial Management and Exports Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and then seconded as Director of Project Development to Northern Engineering Industries, he served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore. While in office he was instrumental in establishing the Singapore British Business Council. After retiring from the diplomatic service he held various directorships and advisory roles in the private sector.Personal life and death
Duggan married Erica Anderssen in 1969 and they had a son and two daughters.Duggan died after being ill for some time on 22 October 1998 in Cornwall, aged 61.