Leonard Appleyard

Sir Leonard Appleyard KCMG
British Ambassador to People's Republic of China
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by	Sir Robin McLaren
Succeeded by	Sir Anthony Galsworthy
Personal details
Born	(1938-09-02) 2 September 1938
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth West (1964-1994) Joan Jefferson (1994-)
Education	Read School, Drax
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation	Diplomat
Religion	Anglican

Sir Leonard Vincent Appleyard KCMG (b. 2 Sept 1938) is a former British diplomat.

Education

Born in 1938, Appleyard was educated at Read School, Drax and has a degree (with Honours) in Classical Chinese from Queens' College, Cambridge and speaks Chinese, Russian, Hungarian and French.

Career

He served at the British Embassy in the People's Republic of China between 1966 and 1968 (during the country's Cultural Revolution). He served as First Secretary British High Commission in India from 1971–1974, and later returned to China as ambassador in 1994 until 1997, a period which witnessed the Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995-6) and also the 'handover' of Hong Kong from UK rule to the People's Republic of China.

Sir Leonard also served as the UK's ambassador to Hungary; served in the Treasury; in the Cabinet Office as Deputy Cabinet Secretary; as Secretary of the Gulf War Cabinet; and Financial Counsellor in Paris.

Following his departure from the diplomatic service, Sir Leonard took up a position as vice-chairman of Barclays Capital.

Sir Leonard also served as joint-Chairman on the Nuffield Languages Programme Steering Group along with Sir Trevor McDonald.

He is a former Pro-Chancellor of Bournemouth University.

External links

• http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/a/sir-leonard-appleyard-kcmg; accessed 2 April 2010
• http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/people_at_bu/key_people/pro_chancellors.html; accessed 2 April 2010
• http://languages.nuffieldfoundation.org/languages/programme/steering.asp; accessed 2 April 2010
• http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Leonard_Appleyard; accessed 2 April 2010

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Brian Fall	Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 1984-1986	Succeeded by Sir Anthony Galsworthy
Preceded by Peter Unwin	British Ambassador to Hungary 1986–1989	Succeeded by Sir John Birch
Preceded by Sir John Weston	Director, Political of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1991–1994	Succeeded by Pauline, The Baroness Neville-Jones
Preceded by Sir Robin McLaren	British Ambassador to China 1994-1997	Succeeded by Sir Anthony Galsworthy