Stuart Laing (diplomat)

Stuart Laing (born 22 July 1948) was a British diplomat, and is now Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Laing entered the diplomatic service in 1970. During his service in the Diplomatic Service, Laing held the following offices:

Laing graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970 having studied Classics. He was appointed Master of his old college Corpus Christi on 1 October 2008 succeeding Oliver Rackham. He researches and writes on Arab and East African history and in 2012 he published, jointly with Robert Alston, Unshook till the end of time, a book on the history of Britain’s relationship with Oman. The degree of M.Phil. was conferred to him in 2013 for a thesis on the political history of Oman.

Laing is a keen amateur musician; he plays keyboard instruments and the oboe. His other recreations are desert travel and hill-walking. Laing is married to Sibella (daughter of Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, herself a graduate in History of Newnham College, Cambridge) and has a son and two daughters.

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