Roger Allen (diplomat)

Sir Roger Allen KCMG (17 August 1909 – 9 February 1972) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Greece, Iraq and Turkey.

Roger Allen was educated at Repton School and studied modern languages at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

During World War II he served as a temporary staff member at the Foreign Office; after the war he stayed on in the Foreign Service and served two years at Moscow before returning to London.

[3] Allen was Deputy Under-Secretary of State (Middle East and Africa) at the Foreign Office 1965–67, and Ambassador to Turkey 1967–69.

[4] He then retired from the Diplomatic Service and was director-general of the Middle East Association (a British business group) from 1970 until his death.