John Chadwick (diplomat)
Sir John Edward Chadwick was a British civil servant and diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Romania from 1967 to 1968. From 1969 to 1971, he served as head of the British delegation at the OECD in Paris.
Early life and education
Chadwick was born on 17 December 1911, the son of John Chadwick, a barrister and Edith. He was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.Career
Chadwick joined the Department of Overseas Trade as an intelligence officer in 1934, and after being seconded for a year to the Treasury, in 1938 had risen to assistant trade commissioner in Calcutta. In 1941, he was attached to the newly created Eastern Group Supply Council of the Ministry of Supply based in Simla responsible for coordinating the production and distribution of military supplies in the British colonies.After World War II, Chadwick entered the Foreign Office, and served as commercial secretary at Washington from 1946 to 1948 and then, after two years at the Foreign Office, as first secretary and head of Chancery at Tel Aviv from 1950 to 1953. From 1953 to 1956, he was counsellor at Tokyo; head of the Economic Relations Department in the Foreign Office from 1956 to 1960; minister at Buenos Aires from 1960 to 1962; and minister at Washington from 1963 to 1967. While in Washington, according to the Times, "He was an outspoken critic of the failure of Britain to maintain its exports to the United States, expressing the opinion that businesses were often failing to take advantage of the intense diplomatic activity which was being undertaken on their behalf."
Chadwick was appointed British Ambassador to Romania in 1967, serving until 1968. The following year, he was appointed head of the British legation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, a post he held until 1971.
After retiring from the diplomatic service, Chadwick was adviser to the Asian Development Bank , serving from 1973 to 1983.
Personal life and death
Chadwick married 1945, Audrey Lenfestey in 1945, then a principal working at the Department of Overseas Trade, and they had a son and two daughters.Chadwick died on 30 August 1987, aged 75.