Captain Dugald Malcolm, CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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 CVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 TD

Territorial Decoration

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 (born 1917), was a British diplomat

Diplomat

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, Her Britannic Majesty

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See

Holy See

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 1975-1977.

Malcolm was born in 1917, and educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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. After serving in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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 in the Second World War, he joined the Foreign Office.

He was Her Majesty's Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

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 1957-1965, then Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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 1966-1970, and Ambassador to Panama

Panama

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1971-1974. From 1975 to 1977 served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Vatican.