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Alan Donald was born on 5 May, 1931 in Inverurie, Scotland, is a British diplomat (1931–2018). Discover Alan Donald's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
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Diplomat |
| Age |
87 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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5 May, 1931 |
| Birthday |
5 May |
| Birthplace |
Inverurie, Scotland |
| Date of death |
14 July, 2018 |
| Died Place |
Kent, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Alan Donald Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Alan Donald's Wife?
His wife is Janet H. T. Blood (m. 1958)
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Janet H. T. Blood (m. 1958) |
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| Children |
James Donald, John Donald, Angus Donald, Alexander Donald |
Alan Donald Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alan Donald worth at the age of 87 years old? Alan Donald’s income source is mostly from being a successful diplomat. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Alan Donald's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
diplomat |
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Timeline
Sir Alan Ewen Donald (5 May 1931 – 14 July 2018) was a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom ambassador to Indonesia and China.
Donald was born on 5 May 1931 in Inverurie, Scotland to Robert T. Donald and Louise Turner.
He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Fettes College, then Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA, LLM).
Donald began his studies of the Chinese language at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Soon after joining the Foreign Office (FO) in 1954, Alan Donald served as Third Secretary in Peking (Beijing) from 1955 to 1957, watching as the People's Republic of China responded to the posthumous dethroning of Stalin by Khrushchev, uprisings in Eastern Europe, the Hundred Flowers Campaign, and the Anti-Rightist Campaign.
Donald married Janet Hilary Therese Blood in 1958, and they had four sons; Jamie, John, Angus and Alex.
Donald also had 7 grandchildren, Daisy, Bina, Bella, Flora, Rosie, Emma and Robin.
After a series of posts in London and Europe for the FCO, he returned to China in 1964-1966 as the First Secretary of the Embassy in Beijing, and witnessed the initial propaganda of the Cultural Revolution, which he described as a 'visual and aural attack' in the Yangtze River valley.
His next work in the Far East was significant, acting as Political Adviser to Governor of Hong Kong, 1974–77: He was also a key figure in planning the handover of the British colony of Hong Kong to China, which eventually took place in 1997.
He had been a political adviser to the British Governor of Hong-Kong, Glaswegian Sir Murray MacLehose, from 1974 to 1977 and, a decade later, was instrumental in the creation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration while acting as Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Asia and the Pacific) at the Foreign Office in December 1984.
In 1988, he was appointed UK Ambassador to China, a post he held until 1991.
This was a crucial period at the end of the Cold War, during which UK-China relations went through turbulence, including the coordination of secret diplomacy.
Some of Ambassador Donald's observations of the Tiananmen Square Massacre dating from June 1989 were declassified and published in 2016 and 2017.
His knowledge of Mandarin and the Chinese psyche were crucial to the eventual handover of the colony by the last governor, his friend Chris Patten, in 1997.
