George Pirkis Kidd (June 6, 1917 – July 22, 2004) was a Scottish-Canadian diplomat.
[1] He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and later moved to Canada with his parents.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of Normandy during World War II.
[2] A few days after the John F. Kennedy assassination, he expressed the opinion in a confidential memo (released in 1999) that, although he considered it unlikely, Cuban involvement in the killing could not be ruled out.
He served as High Commissioner to Nigeria and Sierra Leone from 1974 to 1977.