David Scott Fox

Sir Robin David John Scott Fox {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (20 June 1910 – 25 January 1985) was a British diplomat and writer.

Career

David Scott Fox (Scott Fox is a double-barrelled surname) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, before entering the Diplomatic Service in 1934.

He served in Berlin and Prague before the Second World War. During 1945–47 he was a Foreign Office representative at the Nuremberg Trials of the major Nazi war criminals; then went to Japan to assist in setting up a similar trial.

Later after postings in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and at the United Nations, he was Minister to Romania{{London Gazette |issue=41748 |date=23 June 1959 |page=4098}} and Ambassador to Chile{{London Gazette |issue=42519 |date=21 November 1961 |page=8445}} and Finland.{{London Gazette |issue=44200 |date=16 December 1966 |page=13615}}

On his retirement he was part-time Special Representative of the Foreign Secretary 1970–75.

Books

[https://books.google.com/books?id=D1DXAwAAQBAJ Mediterranean Heritage], Routledge, Abingdon, 1978, reprinted 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-138-01753-5}}
[https://books.google.com/books?id=nM3YAAAAMAAJ Saint George: the saint with three faces], Kensal Press, Windsor, 1983. {{ISBN|978-0-946041-13-8}}
Darkest Angel, limited edition of 50 copies, London, 1999

References

[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U168921 SCOTT FOX, Sir (Robert) David (John)], Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, April 2014
[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS237604941&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir David Scott Fox] (obituary), The Times, London, 13 February 1985, page 14