Sir Robert Wade-Gery KCMG KCVO (22 April 1929 – 16 February 2015) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India 1982–87.
His father, Theodore Wade-Gery was an ancient historian and fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and his mother was Vivian Whitfield, an archaeologist.
His Saigon posting was during the Vietnam War, including a period where the American Embassy across the road was captured by the Viet Cong and his wife and daughter had to be evacuated.
[1] He was Minister at Madrid 1973–77 and at Moscow 1977–79, deputy Secretary of the Cabinet 1979–82, and High Commissioner to India 1982–87.
He then left the Diplomatic Service and was a director of Barclays Capital 1987–99.