Terence Daniel O'Leary

Terence Daniel O'Leary CMG (18 August 1928 – 11 July 2006)^[1] was a British diplomat. He served as High Commissioner to Sierra Leone from 1981 to 1984 and High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1984 to 1988. While High Commissioner to New Zealand, he also served as Governor of Pitcairn.

His Excellency Terence Daniel O'Leary CMG
Governor of Pitcairn
In office 1984–1988
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Richard Stratton
Succeeded by	Robin Byatt
British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa
In office 1984–1988
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Richard Stratton
Succeeded by	Robin Byatt
British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone
In office 1981–1984
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Michael Hugh Moran
Succeeded by	Richard Clift
Personal details
Born	(1928-08-18)18 August 1928
Died	11 July 2006(2006-07-11) (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Diplomat

O'Leary was educated at Dulwich College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history.^[1]

He worked in the Commonwealth Relations Office from 1953 to 1956.^[2] He was second secretary at the High Commission to New Zealand in Wellington from May 1956 to March 1958, first secretary at the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1958, and first secretary in the High Commission to India in Delhi from 1960 to 1962. He worked at the High Commission to Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam from 1962 to 1963 and in the High Commission to Australia in Canberra from 1965 to 1968, when he returned to the Commonwealth Relations Office as first secretary.

He married Janet Douglas Berney in 1960.^[2]

References

1. "Terence O'Leary: Diplomat with wide experience of the Commonwealth who rose to serve as British High Commissioner in New Zealand". The Times. London. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
2. U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1969). The Diplomatic Service List, 1969. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.