Category:Edward Youde, Sir

**Edward Youde**
	British administrator, diplomat and sinologist
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Date of birth	19 June 1924; Penarth
Date of death	5 December 1986, 4 December 1986; Beijing
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	myocardial infarction;
Place of burial	Canterbury Cathedral;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; Wales;
Educated at	School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London;
Occupation	diplomat; colonial administrator; sinologist;
Employer	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office;
Position held	President of the Legislative Council; Governor of Hong Kong (1982–1986); ambassador of the United Kingdom to China (1974–1978); Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister (1969–1970);
Spouse	Pamela Youde;
Award received	Member of the Order of the British Empire (1949); Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1983); Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1977); Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1969);
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	Q459155; VIAF ID: 48996438; Library of Congress authority ID: no2007003949; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 70398
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