- Charles Michael Walker
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Sir Charles Michael Walker GCMG (22 November 1916 – December 2001) was a British diplomat. He served as British High Commissioner to Ceylon, later Sri Lanka (1962–1966), to Malaysia (1966–1971), and to India (1974–1976).
He went to Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) as High Commissioner in 1962, and in 1965 assumed the additional role of Britain's first ambassador to the Maldive Islands, after they had gained independence in July of that year.
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Categories:- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- 1916 births
- 2001 deaths
- British diplomats
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Old Carthusians
- High Commissioners to the Maldives
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
- High Commissioners to Sri Lanka
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India
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