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Sir Ivor Anthony Roberts KCMG FCIL (born 24 September 1946) is a retired British diplomat and the former President of Trinity College, Oxford. He was previously British Ambassador to Yugoslavia , Ireland, and Italy.
Ivor Roberts (19 July 1925 – 5 September 1999) was a British actor and a television continuity announcer who often appeared in comedic roles. [1] [2] Born in Nottingham, he returned to acting following service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
I served as President of Trinity from 2006-17. I have an Oxford BA and MA in Medieval and Modern Languages from Keble College. I had a long career as a diplomat, including in Ireland, Spain, the former Yugoslavia, and Rome.
Sir Ivor read Modern languages at Keble College, Oxford. A British diplomat from 1968-2006, he served in Lebanon, Paris, Luxembourg, Canberra, Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), was Minister in the British Embassy in Madrid and Ambassador in Belgrade, Dublin and Rome.
President. Trinity College, Oxford. 2006 - Present 18 years. Editor of 'Satow's Diplomatic Practice' OUP, 2009.
- Trinity College, Oxford
ivor.roberts@trinity.ox.ac.uk. phone. +44 (0)1865 279916. After reading Modern Languages at Keble College Oxford, I joined the British Diplomatic Service. In the course of the next 38 years, I was posted to Lebanon to study Arabic and then to Paris as a Third Secretary.
After four years serving in Madrid, Sir Ivor became Chargé d’Affaires and later Ambassador at Belgrade during the Bosnian civil war and the descent into war in Kosovo. His penultimate posting was to Dublin as Ambassador, immediately following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
Sir Ivor is one of the most experienced and respected British diplomats. He was Head of Counter Terrorism at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before being appointed as the UK’s first ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
sir ivor (anthony) roberts, kcmg interviewed by Malcolm McBain on Friday 11 May 2007 at Trinity College, Oxford for the British Diplomatic Oral History Programme.
Ivor Roberts (19 July 1925 - 5 September 1999) was an English actor and a television continuity announcer who often appeared in comedic roles. Born in Nottingham, he returned to acting following service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
