Crispin Tickell

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Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO FZS
Tickell in 2011
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office 1987–1990
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	John Adam Thomson
Succeeded by	David Hannay
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mexico
In office 1981–1983
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Norman Ernest Cox
Succeeded by	Sir Kenneth James
Personal details
Born	Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell (1930-08-25)25 August 1930 London, England
Died	25 January 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 91)
Spouses	Chloe Gunn ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1976)​ Penelope Thorne ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	3, including Oliver Tickell
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell GCMG KCVO FZS^[1] (25 August 1930 – 25 January 2022) was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.