Rawdon Dalrymple

Rawdon Dalrymple
AO
17th Ambassador of Australia to
the United States
In office
26 June 1985 – 1 April 1989
Preceded byBob Cotton
Succeeded byMichael Cook
Personal details
Born
Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple

(1930-11-06)6 November 1930
Sydney, Australia
Died29 September 2023(2023-09-29) (aged 93)[1]
Australia
Spouse(s)Ross Dalrymple (nee Williams)
(1957)
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of Oxford
OccupationPublic servant, diplomat

Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple AO (6 November 1930 – 29 September 2023) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.[2][3][4][5]

Dalrymple was born in Sydney and educated at Shore School in North Sydney and the University of Sydney. In 1951, he was selected as the New South Wales Rhodes scholar for 1952 and went on to study at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.[6]

Dalrymple joined the Department of External Affairs in 1957.[7] 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).

In January 1987, Dalrymple was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of his public service as a diplomatic representative.[8]

In 1994, Dalrymple retired from the foreign affairs department (by then the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade).[7]

In May 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Sydney. Among other things, the award cited his place as one of Australia's most distinguished post-war diplomats.[9]

  1. ^ Richardson, Dennis (31 October 2023). "Friend of Hawke was ambassador to the US, Indonesia and Israel". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Rawdon Dalrymple, University of Sydney, archived from the original on 14 May 2015
  3. ^ "Ambassador's Timor trip cancelled". The Canberra Times. ACT. 13 June 1984. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Ambassador's report Timor visit 'too narrow'". The Canberra Times. ACT. 9 July 1984. p. 1.
  5. ^ Nevill, Hugh (28 June 1986). "Australia ready to go it alone". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Sydney Student Honoured". The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 14 September 1951. p. 13.
  7. ^ a b Rawdon Dalrymple AO, archived from the original on 7 March 2016
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ See the full Citation at University of Sydney, Honorary Awards, Rawdon Dalrymple, 18 May 2007.