Christopher Battiscombe

Career

• On he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as 3rd Secretary.
• In 1965 he was Third Secretary in Kuwait City.
• In 1969 he was Assistant Private Secretary to Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
• In 1971 he was employed at the British delegation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.
• In 1974 he was First Secretary in the British mission in New York City.
• In 1978 he was employed at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• From 1981 to 1984 he was Commercial Counselor in Cairo.
• From 1984 to 1986 he was Commercial Counselor in Paris.
• From 1987 to 1990 he was Head of Permanent Under-Secretarys Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• From 1990 to 1994 he was Ambassador in Algiers.
• From 1994 to 1997 he was Assistant Under Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs /Director, Public Services.
• From 1997 to 2000 he was Ambassador in Amman Jordan.