David Gore-Booth


Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth was a British diplomat, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998.
Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998. His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965

Family and education

Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, née Valpy, by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth ; he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son.

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