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'''Sir John Alexander Noble Graham, 4th Baronet''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG}} (15 July 1926 – 11 December 2019) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq, Iran and NATO.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Graham, born in Calcutta, British India, the only son of [[Sir Reginald Graham, 3rd Baronet]], was at school at [[Eton College]]. He served in the [[Grenadier Guards]] from 1944 to 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37254|supp=y|page=4472|date=7 September 1945}}</ref> receiving a commission as a second lieutenant on 27 July 1945, barely over a month before the end of the [[Second World War]]. Following his military service, he then went with a scholarship to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1948–50. On leaving Cambridge he joined the [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service|Diplomatic Service]] and studied at the [[Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies]] before being posted to [[Bahrain]] in 1951, [[Kuwait]] in 1952 and [[Amman]] in 1953. He was Assistant Private Secretary to the [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] 1954–57 and then served at [[Belgrade]] 1957–60, [[Benghazi]] 1960–61, the Foreign Office 1961–66 and [[Kuwait]] 1966–69.<br />
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Graham was [[Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] 1969–72, serving [[Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham|Michael Stewart]] and [[Alec Douglas-Home|Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]. He was then posted as Counsellor (later [[Minister (diplomacy)|Minister]]) and Head of Chancery at [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] 1972–74; [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq|Ambassador to Iraq]] 1974–77;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46407|page=11409|date=19 November 1974}}</ref> deputy [[Permanent Secretary|Under-Secretary]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO) 1977–79; [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Iran|Ambassador to Iran]] 1979–80;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47912|page=9366|date=24 July 1979}}</ref> deputy Under-Secretary again 1980–82; and finally Ambassador and Permanent Representative to [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]] 1982–86.<br />
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After retiring from the Diplomatic Service in 1986, Graham was Registrar of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] 1987–2001<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=50824 |page=1631 |date=6 February 1987}}</ref> and was also Director of the [[Ditchley Foundation]] 1987–92.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17792 GRAHAM, Sir John (Alexander Noble)], Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 21 Aug 2012</ref><br />
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Graham died on 11 December 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/237994/graham Graham]</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
Graham was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1972 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45678 |supp=y |page=6258 |date=3 June 1972}}</ref> knighted as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1979 Birthday Honours]] on his appointment to Iran,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47869 |supp=y |page=3 |date=16 June 1979}}</ref> and promoted to [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1986 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=50361 |supp=y |page=3 |date=31 December 1985}}</ref> He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1980.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://thepeerage.com/p42478.htm#i424778 Sir John Alexander Noble Graham, 4th Bt.] – thepeerage.com<br />
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