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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

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.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Young, Elisabeth Ann, b c 1945, wife of Thomas Nesbitt Young

Finding aid date

2011-06-14 15:40:10.600000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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