Norman Reddaway

George Frank Norman Reddaway (2 May 1918 – 12 October 1999) was a British civil servant and Diplomat.[1]

The younger son of William Fiddian Reddaway (1872-1949), Professor of History at Cambridge University, Norman Reddaway attended King's College School,[2] and later gained a Double First in Modern Languages at Cambridge. He joined the British army as a private on the outbreak of war in 1939. He spent most of the wartime years with the GHQ Liaison Regiment, leaving in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1946, after serving with the Allied Control Commission, he joined the British Foreign Office.

Under Under-Secretary of State Christopher Mayhew, Reddaway co-founded the Information Research Department. Mayhew and Reddaway had served together in GHQ Liaison Regiment.

From 1974 to 1978, Reddaway was British Ambassador to Poland.

Personal

Norman Reddaway's son David also became an ambassador.[1][3]

References
  1. Michael Adams (November 3, 1999). "Obituary: Norman Reddaway". The Independent.
  2. Henderson, RJ (1981). A History of King's College Choir School Cambridge. ISBN 978-0950752808.
  3. Stacey Hailes (13 January 2016). "The Goldsmiths' Company appoints Sir David Reddaway as new clerk". The Goldsmiths' Company, England. Retrieved 19 August 2019.


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