Victoria Treadell
Her Excellency Victoria Treadell CMG, MVO |
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Governor of the Pitcairn Islands High Commissioner from the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa |
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In office 29 May 2010 – 25 August 2014 |
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Preceded by | Mike Cherrett (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Sinclair |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Ipoh, Perak, Malaya |
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Alan Treadell |
Occupation | diplomat |
Victoria "Vicki" Marguerite Treadell CMG MVO (born 4 November 1959)[1] is the current British High Commissioner to Malaysia and has been in the posting since October 2014.[2] She is the former British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.[3]
She was born in Ipoh, Perak, Malaya (now Malaysia) to a Cantonese mother and a father of French-Dutch ancestry. Before her posting to New Zealand, she had held postings in Pakistan, India and Malaysia.[4]
She is the first woman who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand.[5]
She was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1989 and was made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) in 2010.
In addition, due to her interest in culture and arts, she has been one of the patrons of the Singapore-based British Theatre Playhouse since 2014, with regard to the plays that are produced in Malaysia.[6]
Viceregal styles of Victoria Treadell |
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Reference style | Her Excellency |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Alternative style | Ma'am |
References
- ↑ TREADELL, Victoria Marguerite, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013
- ↑ Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 25 June 2014
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- ↑ Foreign Office Press Release 10 September 2009
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- ↑ http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/patrons.html
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Preceded by
Mike Cherrett
(acting) |
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand 2010–2014 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Sinclair |
Governor of the Pitcairn Islands 2010–2014 |
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Preceded by | High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia 2014–present |
Incumbent |
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- Use British English from August 2014
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Ipoh
- People from Perak
- Malaysian people of Dutch descent
- Malaysian people of French descent
- British people of Chinese descent
- British people of Dutch descent
- British people of French descent
- British diplomats
- Governors of the Pitcairn Islands
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Samoa
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia