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'''Sir Arthur David Saunders Goodall''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG}} (9 October 1931 – 22 July 2016) was a British diplomat. He was [[High Commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioner]] to India from 1987 to 1991.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Goodall was born on 9 October 1931 in Blackpool, Lancashire.<ref name="scotsman">{{cite news|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=2 August 2016|title=Obituary: Sir David Goodall, diplomat|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-david-goodall-diplomat-1-4192508}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was from [[Wexford]], [[Ireland]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} He was educated at [[Ampleforth College]] in North Yorkshire, and [[Trinity College, Oxford]] where he gained first class honours.<ref name="whos">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17460/GOODALL_Sir_Arthur_David_Saunders?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=GOODALL, Sir (Arthur) David (Saunders)|work=Who's Who 2012|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Military service==<br />
Goodall was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] in the 1950s, he served in Kenya and Cyprus.<ref name="scotsman" /><br />
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==Diplomatic career==<br />
Goodall joined the diplomatic service in 1956 and served in Austria, Germany, Indonesia and Kenya, before spending 1987-1991 as the British High Commissioner, the equivalent of Ambassador, in India. He also spent time working in the [[Cabinet Office]], where he helped negotiate the 1985 [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]].<ref name=abbott>{{cite web|url=http://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/david-goodall/|title=Sir David Goodall: Italy and India|year=2012|publisher=[[Abbott and Holder]] Ltd|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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After his retirement he was Chairman of the [[Leonard Cheshire Foundation]], 1995–2000, and President of the Irish Genealogical Research Society, 1992–2010.<ref name=whos/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igrsoc.org/Sir_David_Goodall.html|title=Message from the retiring President 2010|last=Goodall|first=David|date=8 May 2010|publisher=Irish Genealogical Research Society|access-date=12 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209023234/http://www.igrsoc.org/Sir_David_Goodall.html|archive-date=9 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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During the 1980s, Goodall was one of the most senior British officials representing the [[United Kingdom]] negotiating with the Irish government on Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=5969|title=Sir David Goodall biodata|access-date=2016-07-25|via=cosmos.ucc.ie|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022840/http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=5969|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Goodall was a Knight of the [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]] (KSG).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papalknights.org.uk/order-gregory.html|title=Pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great|publisher=Association of Papal Orders in Great Britain of Pius IX, Saint Gregory and Saint Sylvester|access-date=12 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226063640/http://www.papalknights.org.uk/order-gregory.html|archive-date=26 December 2010}}</ref><br />
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He died on 22 July 2016 at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/24/sir-david-goodall-diplomat-who-played-a-key-role-in-the-anglo-ir/?utm_|title=Sir David Goodall, diplomat who played a key role in the Anglo-Irish Agreement – obituary|date=24 July 2016|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-07-26}}</ref><br />
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==Art==<br />
Goodall was taught to paint at [[Ampleforth College]], but started to paint seriously some twenty years later after reading [[Winston Churchill]]'s book ''Painting as a Pastime''. He worked in ink and watercolour, and held one-man shows in North Yorkshire, London, Durham, Hull and Delhi. He published two books of his paintings: ''Remembering India'' (1997, Scorpion Cavendish; {{ISBN|978-1900269056}}) and ''[[Ryedale]] Pilgrimage'' (2000, Maxiprint; {{ISBN|978-1871125474}}).<ref name=abbott/><br />
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