Bryan Cartledge

Bryan Cartledge studied history at Cambridge University and was a research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1960, subsequently serving in Sweden, the Soviet Union, and Iran. He was seconded to 10 Downing Street as Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs to James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher and served as British Ambassador to Hungary from 1980 to 1983, and to the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1988. He left the diplomatic service on his election...See more

Bryan Cartledge studied history at Cambridge University and was a research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1960, subsequently serving in Sweden, the Soviet Union, and Iran. He was seconded to 10 Downing Street as Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs to James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher and served as British Ambassador to Hungary from 1980 to 1983, and to the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1988. He left the diplomatic service on his election to principal of Linacre College, Oxford, and was knighted in 1985. See less