Transcript of interview: Elisabeth Young, 2011

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 130

Scope and Contents

Interview on the work done by diplomatic wives.

Dates

2011

Creator

Young, Elisabeth Ann (b c 1945, wife of Thomas Nesbitt Young) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.

Biographical / Historical

Elisabeth Shepherdson (née Hick) married Thomas Young in 1971, while working as a secretary at the British Embassy in Ankara [Turkey]. After a year in Ankara, she accompanied Young to the following postings: Madrid [Spain], 1972-76; Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1979-80; Deputy Director of Trade Development, New York [United States], 1981; First Secretary, Washington, 1981-84; Assistant Head, Nuclear Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1984-86; Deputy High Commissioner, Accra [Ghana], 1987-90; Director of Trade Promotion, British High Commission, Canberra [Australia], 1990-93; Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 1993-97; High Commissioner to Zambia, 1998-2002.