Norman Reddaway, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNorman Reddaway
British diplomat
Date of Birth: 02-May-1918
Date of Death: 12-Oct-1999
Profession: diplomat
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Norman Reddaway
- George Frank Norman Reddaway (2 May 1918 – 12 October 1999) was a British civil servant and Diplomat.The younger son of William Fiddian Reddaway (1872-1949), Professor of History at Cambridge University, Norman Reddaway attended King's College School, and later gained a Double First in Modern Languages at Cambridge.
- He joined the British army as a private on the outbreak of war in 1939.
- He spent most of the wartime years with the GHQ Liaison Regiment, leaving in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
- In 1946, after serving with the Allied Control Commission, he joined the British Foreign Office. Under Under-Secretary of State Christopher Mayhew, Reddaway co-founded the Information Research Department.
- Mayhew and Reddaway had served together in GHQ Liaison Regiment. From 1974 to 1978, Reddaway was British Ambassador to Poland.
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