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After the war he resigned from the Colonial Service and joined

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the Foreign Service in 1947 and for two years served in Hankow, as Acting

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Consul, Acting Consul-General, and finally First Secretary. He was in

Hankow when it was taken by the People's Liberation Army. In 1950 he

was transferred to the Foreign Office, where he worked first in the

European Recovery Department (Marshall Aid) and later in the Western

Department, in charge of affairs relating to Italy, Switzerland and the

Holy See. From 1950-54 he was in Prague, as Commercial Secretary and

Consul.

In 1954 he was seconded to the High Commissior. in Wellington

After three years in this post, he

(New Zealand) as Head of Chancery.

went to Paris

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as Commercial Secretary until 1959, when he was promoted

to Counsellor. Subsequently he was seconded to the then Colonial

Office and posted to Hong Kong as Political Adviser.

In 1963 he returned to London to take charge of the Far Eastern

Department of the Foreign Office. Between 1965 and 1967 he was Principal

Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Mr Michael Stewart and later

Mr George Brown (now Lord George-Brom), and in this capacity accompanied

them to many parts of the world, including most European capitals, the

USA, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Poland and the USSR.

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He became Ambassador to Vietnam in 1967, remaining in Saigon

for 20 months. He was appointed Ambassador to Denmark in 1969, and

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong in 1971.

Sir Murray is married and has two daughters. His recreations

are walking, sailing and fishing.

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