Martin Lamport joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974, and served in the following posts: West Indian and Atlantic Department, FCO, 1975-76 ; Finance Department, FCO, 1976; Nationality and Treaty Department, FCO, 1979-80; Libya, 1980-83; Venezuela, 1983-85; Nuclear Energy Department and Science Energy Nuclear Department, 1987-89; Brussels [Belgium], 1989-93 ; Belize, 1993-96; Security Policy Department, FCO, 1996-99; Sana’a [Yemen] and Consul General Aden [later Adan], 1999-2002; Lima [Peru], 2002-04; the Horn of Africa 2004-07; UN Department and Kosovo 2007-10. He died in February 2020. .