reviewed books for The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, and The Economist. [3]
Amongst his colleagues, Mr Colvin's skeletal face earned him the nickname of "the screaming scull." [1]
Title while ambassador at the British Embassy in Ulan Bator in Outer Mongolia: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John Horace Ragnar Colvin, C.M.G. [5]
Clubs: Member of the St James’s Club, Brooks’s, the Beefsteak, and the Academy Club. [4]
Legacy
Written works
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. Twice Around the World: Some Memoirs of Diplomatic Life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia. London: Leo Cooper, 1991.
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. Volcano Under Snow: Vo Nguyen Giap. London: Quartet Books, 1996.
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. Lions of Judah. London: Quartet Books, 1997.
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. Nomonhan. London: Quartet Books, 1999.
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. Decisive Battles: Over 20 Key Naval and Military Battles That Shaped the Course of History. London: Headline, 2004.
Colvin, John Horace Ragnar. No Ordinary Men: The Story Of The Battle Of Kohima. Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2005.
Sources
↑ 1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.111.121.131.14 Seward, Desmond. “John Colvin: Colourful British Diplomat on Watch in the World’s Troublespots.” The Guardian (15 October 2003). Digital copy online at www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/15/guardianobituaries (accessed 2018-08-30).
↑ 2.02.1Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. John Horace R. Colvin, born 18th June 1922, died in October 2003, aged 81 years, Lambeth RD (London), register no. B65, district and sub-district nos. 241/1B. Original recordd: General Register Office, Southport. Index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-30).
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.4The Telegraph, 8 October 2003. “John Colvin.” Digital copy online at www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1443501/John-Colvin.html (accessed 2018-08-30).
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.64.74.8Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. “John Colvin (diplomat.” Citing: (1) Australian Dictionary of Biography. (2) Oxford National Dictionary of Biography. (3) Colvin, Mark. “It’s not only double agents who lead double lives.” ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] online. (4) Colvin, Mark. "Light and Shadow: Writing a Memoir to Understand a Father." ABC News, 31 October 2016. Online at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colvin_(diplomat) (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-30).
↑An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, [1973]. John Horace Ragnar Colvin (pg 913). pub. J. Whitaker, 1973.
Acknowledgements
... with thanks to Eric Daly for opening this profile page, 15 June 2015.
Links
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005Database, FamilySearch, John H R Colvin and Elizabeth Anne Manifold, 1948; citing Marriage Registration, Westminster, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
The GuardianJohn Colvin: Colourful British Diplomat on Watch in the World’s Troublespots. Author: Desmond Seward.
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