Stuart Laing (diplomat)

Stuart Laing (born 22 July 1948)[1] is a former British diplomat and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Career as diplomat

Laing entered the diplomatic service in 1970. During his service in the Diplomatic Service, Laing held the following offices:[2]

Academic career

Laing graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970 having studied Classics.[3] He was appointed Master of his old college Corpus Christi on 1 October 2008 succeeding Oliver Rackham,[4] and retired from that position in August 2018. He researches and writes on Arab and East African history and in 2012 he published, jointly with Robert Alston, Unshook till the end of time, a book on the history of Britain’s relationship with Oman.[5][6] The degree of M.Phil. was conferred to him in 2013[7] for a thesis on the ending of the slave trade in the Indian Ocean.[8] In 2017 he published a biography of the ivory trader Tippu Tip (Hamed bin Mohammed al-Murjabi).[9][10]

Personal life

Laing is a keen amateur musician; he plays keyboard instruments and the oboe. His other recreations are desert travel and hill-walking.[11] Laing is married to Sibella (daughter of Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, herself a graduate in History of Newnham College, Cambridge) and has a son and two daughters.[4]

References
  2. "Her Majesty's Ambassador". The National Archives.
  3. Announcement of new Master for Corpus Christi College (3 June 2008) University of Cambridge
  4. Mastership Announcement Corpus Christi College
  5. Alston, Robert; Laing, Stuart (2017). Unshook Till the End of Time: A History of Relations Between Britain & Oman 1650 - 1970. Gilgamesh Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908531-76-6.
  6. Heard, David (2 September 2014). "Robert Alston and Stuart Laing. Unshook till the End of Time: A History of Relations between Britain & Oman 1650-1970 (Book Review)". Asian Affairs. 45 (3): 503–505. doi:10.1080/03068374.2014.953881.
  7. Cambridge University Reporter No 6307, Vol cxliii No 30 (15 May 2013)
  8. Factors in the decisions by the sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar to end the slave trade and slavery in their dominions, 1820-1900 / Stuart Laing : University of Cambridge. Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 2012.
  9. Laing, Stuart (2017). Tippu Tip: Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa. Medina Publishing. ISBN 978-1-911487-05-0.
  10. Mathews, Nathaniel (March 2019). "The Life of Tippu Tip. Tippu Tip: Ivory, Slavery, and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa. By Stuart Laing. (Book Review)". The Journal of African History. 60 (01): 121–122. doi:10.1017/S0021853719000070. ISSN 0021-8537. LCCN 63005723. OCLC 1039207112.
  11. "Mr Stuart Laing, MA MPhil". Corpus Christi College. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Ivan Callan		 High Commissioner to Brunei
1998-2002		 Succeeded by
Andrew Caie
Preceded by
Sir Ivan Callan		 Ambassador to Oman
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Dr Noel Guckian
Preceded by
Chris Wilton		 Ambassador to Kuwait
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Michael Aron
Academic offices
Preceded by
Oliver Rackham		 Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
2008-2018		 Succeeded by
Christopher Kelly


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