Rawdon Dalrymple

Rawdon Dalrymple AO
Born	Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple 6 November 1930 Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney University of Oxford
Occupation	Public servant, diplomat

Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple AO (born 6 November 1930) is a former Australian public servant and diplomat.^[1][2][3][4]

In 1951, Dalrymple was selected as the New South Wales Rhodes scholar for 1952.^[5]

Dalrymple joined the Department of External Affairs in 1957.^[6] He went on to appointments as Ambassador to Israel (1972–1975), Ambassador to Indonesia (1981–1985), Ambassador to the United States (1985–1989) and Ambassador to Japan (1989–1993).

Dalrymple was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1987 in recognition of his public service as a diplomatic representative.^[7]

In 1994, Dalrymple retired from the foreign affairs department (by then the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade).^[6]

References

1. Rawdon Dalrymple, University of Sydney, archived from the original on 14 May 2015
2. "Ambassador's Timor trip cancelled". The Canberra Times. ACT. 13 June 1984. p. 3.
3. "Ambassador's report Timor visit 'too narrow'". The Canberra Times. ACT. 9 July 1984. p. 1.
4. Nevill, Hugh (28 June 1986). "Australia ready to go it alone". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 1.
5. "Sydney Student Honoured". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 14 September 1951. p. 13.
6. Rawdon Dalrymple AO, archived from the original on 7 March 2016
7. "Search Australian Honours: DALRYMPLE, Frederick Rawdon, Officer of the Order of Australia", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 14 March 2016