Charles de Chassiron (British diplomat)
British diplomat (1948–2018)
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Charles Richard Lucien de Chassiron, CVO (27 April 1948[1] – 5 April 2018)[2] was a British diplomat. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Cambridge University, where he studied history. He held a Kennedy Scholarship at Harvard, where he received a Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree.[3][4]
He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1971.[citation needed] He was Economic and Commercial Secretary at the British Embassy in Brasilia between 1982 and 1985.[5] Over the course of his FCO career, he was the Head of South America Department (1987–1989), Commercial and Economic Counsellor in Italy (1989–1994), Ambassador to Estonia (1994–1997), Consul-General in Milan (1997–2001) and Director of Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps (2002–2006).[6] He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) on 16 October 2000.[7]
After retirement from the Diplomatic Service he was chairman of Spencer House[8] and Chairman of the British-Italian Society.[9] In addition, he was a "diplomatic consultant" at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.[10]
He died on 5 April 2018 after having suffered with poor health for three years.[2][11]