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Anthony Parsons was born on 9 September, 1922 in Iran, is a British diplomat. Discover Anthony Parsons'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 73 years old?
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diplomat |
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73 years old |
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Virgo |
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9 September, 1922 |
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9 September |
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| Date of death |
12 August, 1996 |
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Iran
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Anthony Parsons Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
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Anthony Parsons Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Anthony Parsons worth at the age of 73 years old? Anthony Parsons’s income source is mostly from being a successful diplomat. He is from Iran. We have estimated Anthony Parsons's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Sir Anthony Derrick Parsons (9 September 1922 – 12 August 1996) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Iran at the time of the Iranian Revolution and Permanent Representative to the UN at the time of the Falklands War.
Anthony Parsons was educated at King's School, Canterbury.
He served as an artillery officer during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross at the end of the war in August 1945.
He was then given the opportunity to read Oriental Languages at Balliol College, Oxford as an apprenticeship to a career in the diplomatic service and achieved a First Class degree.
He remained in the army to serve as Assistant Military Attaché in Baghdad 1952–54.
Parsons joined the Foreign Office in 1954 and served in the British embassies in Ankara, Amman, Cairo and Khartoum, and was Political Agent in Bahrain 1965–69.
Anthony Parsons was appointed LVO in 1965, CMG in 1969, knighted KCMG in 1975 and GCMG in 1982.
The Sudanese government awarded him the Order of the Two Niles in 1965.
He was Counsellor in the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York City 1969–71 and Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971–74.
Parsons was British Ambassador to Iran 1974–79 and mistakenly predicted the survival of the Shah of Iran shortly before his downfall in the Iranian Revolution.
In 1979 he was appointed UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations; in April 1982 after the outbreak of the Falklands War he tabled a resolution which was adopted as United Nations Security Council Resolution 502 demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities and a withdrawal of Argentine forces.
Sir Anthony retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1982 and was part-time special adviser to the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, on foreign affairs 1982–83.
He also served on the board of the British Council 1982–86.
In 1984 he became a research fellow at the University of Exeter and lectured there 1984–87.
Balliol College, Oxford, gave him an Honorary Fellowship in 1984.
In 1995, Parsons wrote the foreword to Century Story, the autobiography of his cousin Claudia Parsons, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by car.
Sir Anthony was portrayed by Robert Hardy in The Falklands Play.
