Francis Cornish
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Francis Cornish CMG LVO (born 18 May 1942) is a retired British diplomat. He has served as the Foreign Office spokesman for Douglas Hurd,[1] senior trade commissioner to Hong Kong (until 1997), consul-general to Hong Kong and Macao (July to November 1997), head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's news department, and ambassador to Israel (1998 to 2001).[1] In Hong Kong he was also known in Chinese as 鄺富劭.
Cornish had other diplomatic and royal postings:
- deputy private secretary to The Prince of Wales
- spokesman to the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd
- High Commissioner to Brunei
- handover transition advisor to Governor Chris Patten
Francis Cornish was Chairman of South West Tourism[2] (2003–2009) and is now chairman of the Taunton Town Centre Company and has a smallholding in the Quantocks. He is a non-executive director of two property companies.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | British Ambassador to Israel 1995–1998 |
Succeeded by Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles |
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