Dame Anne Warburton | |
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President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge | |
In office 1985–1994 | |
Preceded by | Phyllis Hetzel |
Succeeded by | Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark |
British Ambassador to Denmark | |
In office 1976–1983 | |
Preceded by | Sir Andrew Stark |
Succeeded by | Sir James Mellon |
Personal details | |
Born | Anne Marion Warburton 8 June 1927 London, England |
Died | 4 June 2015 Eye, Suffolk, England | (aged 87)
Education | Barnard College Somerville College, Oxford |
Occupation | British diplomat |
Dame Anne Warburton DCVO CMG (8 June 1927 – 4 June 2015) was a British diplomat who was the first female British ambassador. She served as British Ambassador to Denmark from 1976 to 1983 and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 1983 to 1985. Having retired from her diplomatic career, she was President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University from 1985 to 1994.