Brown was Ambassador to Madagascar 1967–70,[3]High Commissioner to Tanzania and concurrently Ambassador to Madagascar (this time non-resident) 1975–78,[4] and High Commissioner to Nigeria and concurrently Ambassador to Benin 1979–83.[5]
Brown was appointed OBE in the 1963 New Year Honours,[6] and CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours.[7] He was knighted KCMG in the 1981 New Year Honours.[8] He is an Officier of the Ordre National of Madagascar. He is a patron of the charity Money for Madagascar.[9]
Publications
Madagascar Rediscovered: A History from Early Times to Independence, 1978. ISBN0950628409
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Cotonou 1979–1983
February 15, 2023
mervyn, brown, kcmg, born, september, 1923, british, retired, ambassador, historian, madagascar, contents, career, publications, references, external, linkscareer, editbrown, educated, murton, where, parents, lived, then, ryhope, grammar, school, john, college. Sir Mervyn Brown KCMG OBE born 24 September 1923 is a British retired ambassador and historian of Madagascar Contents 1 Career 2 Publications 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditBrown was educated at Murton where his parents lived 1 then Ryhope Grammar School and St John s College Oxford He served with the Royal Artillery 1942 45 and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1949 After serving at Buenos Aires and at the UK mission to the United Nations in New York in 1960 he was appointed consul in Vientiane Laos 2 and deputy to the ambassador John Addis He later wrote a memoir of his experience of the Laotian Civil War including a month spent as a prisoner of the Pathet Lao Brown was Ambassador to Madagascar 1967 70 3 High Commissioner to Tanzania and concurrently Ambassador to Madagascar this time non resident 1975 78 4 and High Commissioner to Nigeria and concurrently Ambassador to Benin 1979 83 5 Brown was appointed OBE in the 1963 New Year Honours 6 and CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours 7 He was knighted KCMG in the 1981 New Year Honours 8 He is an Officier of the Ordre National of Madagascar He is a patron of the charity Money for Madagascar 9 Publications EditMadagascar Rediscovered A History from Early Times to Independence 1978 ISBN 0950628409 A History of Madagascar 1995 ISBN 1558762922 War in Shangri La A Memoir of Civil War in Laos 2001 ISBN 1860647359References EditBROWN Sir Mervyn Who s Who 2016 A amp C Black 2016 online edition Oxford University Press 2015 Retro Wearsider captured Sunderland Echo 18 October 2010 No 42185 The London Gazette 4 November 1960 p 7462 No 44478 The London Gazette 19 December 1967 p 13951 No 46898 The London Gazette 13 May 1976 p 6825 No 48055 The London Gazette 3 January 1980 p 63 No 42870 The London Gazette Supplement 28 December 1962 p 21 No 46444 The London Gazette Supplement 31 December 1974 p 4 No 48467 The London Gazette Supplement 30 December 1980 p 4 Our Patrons Archived 13 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Money for MadagascarExternal links EditInterview with Sir Mervyn Brown amp transcript British Diplomatic Oral History Programme Churchill College Cambridge 1996 Portraits of Sir Mervyn Brown 1923 Diplomat at the National Portrait Gallery London Diplomatic postsPreceded byAlan Horn Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tananarive1967 1970 Succeeded byTimothy CrosthwaitPreceded byArthur Kellas High Commissioner to Tanzania1975 1978 Succeeded byPeter MoonPreceded byTimothy Crosthwait Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar1975 1978Preceded bySir Sam Falle High Commissioner to Nigeria1979 1983 Succeeded bySir Hamilton WhyteAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Cotonou1979 1983 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mervyn Brown amp oldid 1043929851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
