John Fretwell
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Sir John Fretwell GCMG |
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| Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 1987–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Derek Thomas |
| Succeeded by | John Weston |
| British Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1982–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Reginald Hibbert |
| Succeeded by | Ewen Fergusson |
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15 June 1930 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 30 March 2017 (aged 86) |
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Sir John Emsley Fretwell, GCMG (15 June 1930 – 30 March 2017) was a British diplomat.
Fretwell was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, the University of Lausanne and King's College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1948–50 and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1953. He served in Hong Kong, Peking, Moscow and Washington, D.C., as Commercial Counsellor in Warsaw 1971–73, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London as Head of the European Integration Department 1973–76 and as Assistant Under-Secretary 1976–79. He was Minister in Washington, D.C. 1980–81, British Ambassador to France 1982–87 and Political Director and Deputy to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1987–90.
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Fretwell was a member of the Council of Lloyd's 1991–92, specialist adviser to the House of Lords 1992–93 and specialist assessor for the Higher Education Funding Council 1995–96. He was also chairman of the Franco-British Society 1995–2005.
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