{"id":8006,"date":"2020-02-08T05:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T05:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2020-02-08T05:38:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T05:38:36","slug":"change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of British High Commissioner to India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High\nCommissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith\nKCMG. Sir Philip will take up his appointment during Spring 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current\nAffairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip Barton was the Director General, Consular and\nSecurity at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until January\n2020. Philip joined the FCO in 1986 and is a career diplomat. He has been\nposted overseas in Caracas, New Delhi, Gibraltar as Deputy Governor and\nWashington as Deputy Ambassador. He was British High Commissioner to Pakistan\nfrom 2014 to 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG. Sir Philip will take up his appointment during Spring 2020. 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