John Carter | |
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Guyanese Ambassador to the United States from Guyana to United States |
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In office July 18, 1966 – July 11, 1970 |
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Succeeded by | Rahman Baccus Gajraj |
Guyanese High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from Guyana to United Kingdom |
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In office 1970 – 1975 |
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Guyanese Ambassador to China from Guyana to China |
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In office 1976 – 1979 |
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Preceded by | David Arthur Singh |
Succeeded by | Cecil Pollydore |
Guyanese High Commissioner to Jamaica from Guyana to Jamaica |
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In office 1981 – 1983 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
January 27, 1919 Cane Grove Village on the East Coast of Demerara. |
Died | February 23, 2005 Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland |
(aged 86)
Spouse(s) | Lady Sarah Lou Harris Carter, former New Yorker and radio personality He was survived by Sara Lou, their two sons, and the two daughters of his first marriage, which ended in divorce in the early 1950s. |
Father | pharmacist, in what was then British Guiana. |
Alma mater | Queen's College Georgetown . From 1939 to 1942, he read law at London University and attended Middle Temple. |
Sir John Carter was a Guyanese politician, lawyer and diplomat.