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Sir Roderick Barclay (2 February 1909 – 24 October 1996) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Denmark and Belgium. ==Career== Roderick Edward Barclay was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Diplomatic Service in 1932 and served at British embassies at Brussels, Paris, Washington, D.C., and at the Foreign Office as head of the Personnel Department. He was then appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, 1949–51.
After Bevin moved on due to illness in March 1951 (he died shortly afterwards), Barclay served as Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1951–53, then Deputy Under-Secretary 1953–56. He was Ambassador to Denmark 1956–60,〔(The London Gazette, 20 November 1956 )〕 then returned to the Foreign Office with the rank of Deputy Under-Secretary, as Adviser on European Trade and relations with the newly created European Free Trade Association 1960–63.〔Sir R. Barclay's New Post, ''The Times'', London, 25 February 1960, page 11〕 He took part in Edward Heath's attempt to join the then European Economic Community which, however, was vetoed in 1963 by French President Charles de Gaulle. Barclay's final diplomatic post was as Ambassador to Belgium, 1963–69.〔(The London Gazette, 27 August 1963 )〕 In 1965, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Waterloo battle he set up a commemorative "Duchess of Richmond's Ball" and planted a tree in the Bois de la Cambre on the lawn where English soldiers had played cricket on the eve of the Battle. Sir Roderick (as he had become) retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1969 and became a director of a unit of the family bank, Barclays Bank SA in France, 1969–79 (Chairman 1970–74), also of Barclays Bank International 1971–77, and of Banque de Bruxelles 1971–77. He was also a non-executive director of Slough Estates 1969–84. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roderick Barclay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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