Reader Bullard

Who was Reader Bullard?

Sir Reader William Bullard KCB KCMG CIE was a British diplomat and author.

Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard. He was educated at the Drapers' School, Walthamstow, northeast London, and spent two years studying at Queens' College, Cambridge. entered the Levant Consular Service in 1906. He held various diplomatic positions during his career:

⁕1920: Military Governor, Baghdad, Iraq

⁕1921: Middle East Department, Colonial Office

⁕1923–25: Consul, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

⁕1925–28: Consul, Athens, Greece

⁕1928: Consul, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

⁕1930: Consul General, Moscow, Russia

⁕1931–34: Leningrad, Russia

⁕1934: Rabat, Morocco

⁕1936–39: Minister, Jedda, Saudi Arabia

⁕1939-46: Minister and later Ambassador, Tehran, Iran

In 1951, Bullard became Director of the Institute of Colonial Studies in Oxford. In 1953, he became a member of the governing body of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Bullard was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1916, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1933, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1936, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1944. He was an Honorary Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, SOAS in London, and Lincoln College, Oxford.