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unusual facts about High Commission



Azra Meadows

At the invitation of Dr Maliha Lodhi, the High Commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom, the lecture was delivered in September 2005 to an audience at the High Commission of Pakistan in London.

Soviet Union–Tonga relations

The Australian government thereupon announced that it would finance the airport's upgrade after all and, in 1977, increased its overall economic aid to Tonga (from A$406,000 to over A$1,000,000), before opening a High Commission in Nukuʻalofa in 1980.

Stewart Wheeler

He served abroad in Washington, D.C., as second secretary, covering congressional relations and energy trade policy; Bogotá, as political counsellor; London, as head of the public affairs team at High Commission; and Kabul, as political program manager at the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan (2010 to 2011).


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Elsie Maréchal

They were married on 21 June 1920 and started married life in Koblenz, Germany where Georges was working in the High Commission.

Frances Adamson

Previous postings include Chief of Staff to Stephen Smith (2009–10), Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–08), Representative to the Australian Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei (2000–05), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1998–2000), the Australian High Commission to the United Kingdom (1993–98) and in Hong Kong (1987–1991).

High Commission of Jamaica, London

a) To manage and co-ordinate the financial activities of the High Commission, Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).

High Commission of Nigeria, London

In 2012 a protest was held outside the High Commission by people opposed to the cut in fuel subsidies introduced by President Goodluck Jonathan.

High Commission of Saint Lucia, London

The High Commission is used as a location in the 1989 film For Queen and Country starring Denzel Washington, though it unclear it was actually filmed here.

High Commission of Zambia, London

A plaque outside the High Commission commemorates the painter John Everett Millais who lived and died in the building.

John Penry

Archbishop Whitgift, angry at the implied criticism, had him brought before the High Commission and imprisoned for about a month.

John Southerden Burn

In 1865 he produced The High Commission, dedicated to Charles George Young, which consisted of a collection of notices of the court and its procedure drawn from various sources.

Monument of Lihula

On April 13, 1950, a message from the U.S. High Commission in Germany (HICOG), signed by John J. McCloy to the Secretary of State, clarified the US position on the "Baltic Legions": they were not to be seen as "movements", "volunteer", or "SS".

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

Occupy Nigeria

Protests have taken place across the country, including in the cities of Kano, Ojota ( -part of greater Lagos ), Abuja, and at the Nigerian High Commission in London.

Samuel Okoye

In December 1993, Okoye was seconded from the University of Nigeria to the Federal Government as Director (overseas liaison), initially at the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Lagos, and subsequently the Nigerian Ministry of Science & Technology Abuja, where he also served as the pioneer Science attaché and Head of the Science and Technology Unit at the Nigerian High Commission, London.

SCDA Architects

Past distinguished projects include Singapore High Commission in Delhi, Mint Museum of Toys and Dhoby Ghaut Green.