Martin Berthoud

Sir Martin Seymour Berthoud, KCVO, CMG (born 1931) is a retired British diplomat. The son of the diplomat Sir Eric Berthoud, he attended Magdalen College, Oxford, before entering HM Diplomatic Service. Between 1979 and 1981, he was Head of the North American Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; he then spent three years as Consul-General in Sydney before serving as the United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago between 1985 and 1991.[1]

Berthoud was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1985 Birthday Honours[2] and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in November that year, on the occasion of Elizabeth II's visit to the Caribbean.[3] He was also appointed a Commander of the Finnish Order of the Lion in 1976.[1]

References
  1. "Berthoud, Sir Martin (Seymour)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. Supplement to the London Gazette, 15 June 1985 (issue 50154), p. 3.
  3. The London Gazette, 29 November 1985 (issue 50333), p. 16780.
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