Roger Beetham
Roger Campbell Beetham was a British diplomat
Beetham was educated at Peter Symonds College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1960. He was Head of Chancery at the British Embassy in Helsinki from 1972, before being seconded to the European Commission in Brussells, where he served as spokesman for Roy Jenkins, who was then President of the Commission.
He then served consecutively as Counsellor in New Delhi ; Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department at the Foreign Office in London ; Ambassador to Senegal ; and finally Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe.Honours
