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Australian public servant and diplomat

Francis Stuart
BornFrancis Hamilton Stuart
(1912-07-20)20 July 1912
Melbourne, Victoria
Died1 February 2007(2007-02-01) (aged 94)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupation(s)Public servant, diplomat
Spouse Guinevere Dingley ​(m. 1938)​

Francis Hamilton Stuart (20 July 1912 – 1 February 2007) was a former Australian public servant and diplomat.

Early life and education

Stuart was born in Melbourne on 20 July 1912. His parents separated when he was 8 years old and he went to live in Sydney with his mother as a child. He later boarded at Geelong Grammar School and went on to higher education at Oxford University.

Career

He began his career in the 1930s as a consular officer in the British Legation in Bangkok. He shifted to the Australian Department of External Affairs in 1941. In 1942, he enlisted in the Australian Army to serve during World War II.

Between 1964 and 1957 Stuart was chief of protocol in the external affairs department in Canberra.

In May 1957, Stuart, along with his wife and children, left Canberra for Phnom Penh to take up his appointment as Australian Minister to Cambodia. His nomination had been approved by King Norodom Suramarit in April that year. The Australian Legation in Phnom Penh was raised to Embassy status in 1959 and Stuart became Ambassador.

Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced Stuart's appointment as Ambassador to the United Arab Republic in November 1961.

In May 1970 Stuart was appointed High Commissioner to Pakistan, with concurrent accreditation to Afghanistan. He left the Philippines in July 1970 to take up the post. Whilst resident in Pakistan, Stuart saw the partition of Pakistan.

In 1973, Stuart became the first resident Australian Ambassador to Poland.

Retirement and later life

In December 1989 Stuart's book Towards Coming of Age was published by Griffith University.

In his retirement, Stuart advocated for Australia to become a republic.

Stuart died on 1 February 2007.

References

  1. ^ Bilney, Gordon (17 March 2007). "Diplomat served with style". The Canberra Times. p. B13.
  2. ^ "Diplomat's story captures sense of singularity". The Canberra Times. ACT. 20 December 1989. p. 8.
  3. STUART, Francis Hamilton: Service Details, ACT Government, archived from the original on 1 February 2016
  4. "New Minister to Cambodia". The Canberra Times. ACT. 18 April 1957. p. 2.
  5. "Canberra Diary". The Canberra Times. ACT. 22 May 1957. p. 5.
  6. "King Suramarit approves new Minister". The Canberra Times. ACT. 20 April 1957. p. 1.
  7. CA 2770: Australian Embassy, Cambodia [Phnom Penh], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 February 2016
  8. "New Ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 4 November 1961. p. 29.
  9. "Diplomats posted". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 May 1970. p. 7.
  10. "Ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 22 June 1970. p. 4.
  11. "Ambassador from Poland due next week". The Canberra Times. 27 October 1973. p. 9.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byFrederick Blakeney Australian Minister to Cambodia
1957–1959 		Succeeded byNoël Deschamps
Australian Ambassador to Cambodia
1959–1962
Preceded byJohn Quinn Australian Ambassador to the United Arab Republic
1961–1966 		Succeeded byL.J. Lawrey
Preceded byBill Cutts Australian Ambassador to the Philippines
1966–1970 		Succeeded byJames Ingram
Preceded byLew Border Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan
1972 		Succeeded byArthur Morris
Australian Ambassador to Pakistan
1972–73
Preceded byL.J. Lawrey Australian Ambassador to Poland
1973–1977 		Succeeded byBob Laurie
New title Australian Ambassador to East Germany
1973–1975 		Succeeded byPhilip Petersas Chargé d'Affaires
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