David Scott Fox


Sir Robin David John Scott Fox was a British diplomat and writer.

Career

David Scott Fox was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, before entering the Diplomatic Service in 1934.
He served in Berlin and Prague before the Second World War. During 1945–47 he was a Foreign Office representative at the Nuremberg Trials of the major Nazi war criminals; then went to Japan to assist in setting up a similar trial.
Later after postings in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and at the United Nations, he was Minister to Romania and Ambassador to Chile and Finland.
On his retirement he was part-time Special Representative of the Foreign Secretary 1970–75.

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