Keith Unwin
Sir Keith Unwin was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Uruguay from 1966 to 1969.
Early life and education
Unwin was born on 3 August 1909, the son of Edwin Ernest Unwin and Jessie Magdalen Black. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, the Lycée Condorcet, Paris, and St John's College, Oxford, where graduated in 1931.Career
Unwin began his career as an intelligence officer cadet at the Department of Overseas Trade in 1932 before joining the Diplomatic Service. In 1934, he was sent to Madrid which was followed by postings to Istanbul in 1937; to San Sebastian and Madrid as commercial secretary in 1939; to Mexico City in 1944; to Paris as first secretary in 1946; to Prague in 1949; and to Buenos Aires in 1950 as commercial councillor.After spending three years in Argentina, Unwin was posted to Rome where he served as minister from 1955 to 1959 and chargé d'affaires in 1956. He was then transferred to the Foreign Office as a foreign service inspector, a post he held from 1959 until 1962 when he was appointed the UK representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council, remaining in the position until 1966. In 1966, he was appointed ambassador to Uruguay, a post he held until 1969.
Personal life and death
Unwin married Linda Giersé in 1935 and they had a son and two daughters.Unwin died on 18 March 1990, aged 80.