Sir David Scott Fox, KCMG was a member of the Diplomatic Service

Diplomatic service

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 and writer

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Sir David Scott Fox was born in 1910 and educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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, before entering the Diplomatic Service.

Career

He served in Berlin

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 and Prague

Prague

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 before the Second World War

World War II

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. During 1945-47 he was a Foreign Office representative at the Nuremberg Trials

Nuremberg Trials

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 of the major Nazi war criminals; then went to Japan

Japan

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 to assist in setting up a similar trial.

Later after postings in Brazil

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, Saudi Arabia

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, Turkey

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 and Romania

Romania

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 and at the United Nations

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, he was appointed Ambassador to Chile

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 and Finland

Finland

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On his retirement he was appointed Special Representative of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary of State.