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Baroness Park of Monmouth
PARK OF MONMOUTH (Life Baroness), Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park; cr. 1990
| | Date of birth |
| | 1 September 1921 |
| | Parents |
| | Daughter of late John Alexander and Doreen Gwynneth Park |
| | Educated |
| | Rosa Bassett School, Streatham |
| | Further education |
| | Somerville College, Oxford (BA modern languages 1943);
Newnham College, Cambridge (Certificate of Competent Knowledge Russian 1952) |
| | Marital details |
| | Single |
| | Armed forces |
| | Served WTS (FANY) 1943-48;
Allied Commission, Austria 1946-48 |
| | Career |
| | Entered Foreign Office 1948;
Third Secretary, UK delegation to NATO 1952;
Second Secretary, British Embassy, Moscow 1954-56;
FO 1956-59;
Consul and First Secretary, Leopoldville 1959-61;
FO 1961-63;
High Commission, Lusaka 1964-67;
FO 1967-69;
Consul-General, Hanoi 1969-70;
Hon. Research Fellow, University of Kent 1971-72;
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. British Embassy, Ulan Bator, Mongolia April-June 1972;
FCO 1973-79;
Principal, Somerville College, Oxford 1980-89;
Governor, BBC 1982-87;
Member, British Library Board 1983-89;
Chairman, Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Aid 1984-90;
Chairman, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1989-94 |
| | Other organisations |
| | Member, Royal Asiatic Society;
Governor, Ditchley Foundation;
Member, Forum UK 1994-96;
President, Society for the Promotion of the Training of Women 1994-;
Patron Action Congo;
Associate Member, First Forum 2003 |
| | Honours and decorations |
| | OBE 1960;
CMG 1971 |
| | Honorary academic degrees, etc. |
| | Two honorary doctorates;
Honorary Fellow Somerville College |
| | Recreations |
| | Good talk, politics and difficult places |
| | Clubs |
| | Naval and Military, Commonwealth Trust, Special Forces, United Oxford and Cambridge University |
| | Supported charities |
| | ZANE (Zimbabwe A National Emergency);
Refugee Studies Programme, Oxford University;
Zimbabwe Defence and Aid Fund;
Zimbabwe Agricultural Workers Trust (ZAWT);
Keston College, Oxford University;
Disabled Police Officers Association (Northern Ireland);
Lucy Faithfull Travel Scholarship Fund - now closed;
Society for the Promotion of the Training of Women |
| | Fellowships |
| | Fellow:
Chatham House (RIIA),
RSA |
| | Trusts |
| | Director, Zoo Development Trust 1989-90;
Trustee:
Jardine Educational Trust to 1998,
Royal Armouries Development Trust 1991-92,
Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation 1994-2001, Patron 2001-
Lucy Faithfull Travel Scholarship Fund |
| | Chancellor |
| | Pro-Vice Chancellor, Oxford University 1985-89 |
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