Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Boyd DENSON OBE
Birth13 Aug 1926, Sunderland, Durham
Death24 Apr 1992, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
OccupationForeign Office, British Ambassador To Nepal
Spouses
1Joyce Myra SYMONDSON, 2C1R
Birth4 Sep 1919, London, England
Baptism16 Nov 1919
Death23 Nov 1993, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Burial2 Dec 1993
OccupationTypist London Telephone Service, Foreign Office
FatherCharles Henry SYMONDSON (1890-1973)
MotherRose Elizabeth ROBERTS (1892-1977)
Marriage1957
Notes for John Boyd DENSON OBE
In the July to September 1926 birth index John B. Denson, mother’s maiden name Boyd, Sunderland, Durham, volume 10a, page 1306.
1939 England and Wales Register
169 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1. George Denson, born December 30 1894, married, Conservative Party agent and secretary for Cambridge, Air Raid Precautions Cambridge
2. Alice Denson, born November 29 1896, married, unpaid domestic duties
3. John B. Denson, born August 13 1926, single, at school
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed Southampton, September 21, 1951, on the Canton destination, Hong Kong, John Boyd Denson, 1st class, age 31, U.K. address 169 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, government service, country of intended future residence Hong Kong.
London Electoral Registers 1956, 1958
Foreign Office, London and Westminster [near 10 Downing Street and Westminster Abby]
John B. Denson
6 others in 1956 and 7 others in 1958
New Years Honours 1965
Officer of the Order of The British Empire (O.B.E.)
Civil Division
John Boyd Denson, First Secretary, Her Majesty’s Embassy, Vientiane [Laos]
London Gazette - April 18, 1969
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
John Boyd Denson, Esquire, O.B.E., to be Her Majesty’s Consul-General at Peking (24 February 1969)
In the April 1992 death index John Boyd Denson, born August 13, 1926, age 65, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, volume 22, page 1917.
National Probate Calendar
John Boyd Denson of Little Hermitage Scar Hill Minchinhampton Gloucestershire died 24 April 1992 Probate Llandaff 21 July 1992. 70653 pounds
John Boyd Denson listed in the obituary section 1992 of the International Who’s Who 1993 edition
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG174087
John Boyd Denson
Biography
British Ambassador to Nepal 1977-1983; donation of Mongolian hat from his estate to Museum.
from https://prabook.com/
John Boyd DENSON
John DENSON, British diplomatist (retired). Universities China Committee since 1987.
Background
DENSON, John was born on August 13, 1926 in Sunderland, Company Durham.
Education
Perse School and Saint John"s College, Cambridge.
Career
Joined British Foreign Service 1951, served Hong Kong 1951-1952, Tokyo 1952-1953, Peking 1953-1955, London 1955-1957, Helsinki 1957-1959, Washington 1960-1963, Laos 1963-1965. Assistant Head of Far Eastern Department, Foreign Office, London 1965-1968. Chargd d’affaires, Beijing 1969-1971, Charge d’affaires en titre 1971.
Royal College, of Defence Studies, London 1972.
Counsellor and Consul-General, Athens 197377. Ambassador to Nepal 1977-1982.
Membership
Universities China Committee since 1987.
Interests
Looking at pictures, the theatre and wine.
Connections
Married Joyce Myra Symondson in 1957.
1939 England and Wales Register
169 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1. George Denson, born December 30 1894, married, Conservative Party agent and secretary for Cambridge, Air Raid Precautions Cambridge
2. Alice Denson, born November 29 1896, married, unpaid domestic duties
3. John B. Denson, born August 13 1926, single, at school
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed Southampton, September 21, 1951, on the Canton destination, Hong Kong, John Boyd Denson, 1st class, age 31, U.K. address 169 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, government service, country of intended future residence Hong Kong.
London Electoral Registers 1956, 1958
Foreign Office, London and Westminster [near 10 Downing Street and Westminster Abby]
John B. Denson
6 others in 1956 and 7 others in 1958
New Years Honours 1965
Officer of the Order of The British Empire (O.B.E.)
Civil Division
John Boyd Denson, First Secretary, Her Majesty’s Embassy, Vientiane [Laos]
London Gazette - April 18, 1969
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
John Boyd Denson, Esquire, O.B.E., to be Her Majesty’s Consul-General at Peking (24 February 1969)
In the April 1992 death index John Boyd Denson, born August 13, 1926, age 65, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, volume 22, page 1917.
National Probate Calendar
John Boyd Denson of Little Hermitage Scar Hill Minchinhampton Gloucestershire died 24 April 1992 Probate Llandaff 21 July 1992. 70653 pounds
John Boyd Denson listed in the obituary section 1992 of the International Who’s Who 1993 edition
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG174087
John Boyd Denson
Biography
British Ambassador to Nepal 1977-1983; donation of Mongolian hat from his estate to Museum.
from https://prabook.com/
John Boyd DENSON
John DENSON, British diplomatist (retired). Universities China Committee since 1987.
Background
DENSON, John was born on August 13, 1926 in Sunderland, Company Durham.
Education
Perse School and Saint John"s College, Cambridge.
Career
Joined British Foreign Service 1951, served Hong Kong 1951-1952, Tokyo 1952-1953, Peking 1953-1955, London 1955-1957, Helsinki 1957-1959, Washington 1960-1963, Laos 1963-1965. Assistant Head of Far Eastern Department, Foreign Office, London 1965-1968. Chargd d’affaires, Beijing 1969-1971, Charge d’affaires en titre 1971.
Royal College, of Defence Studies, London 1972.
Counsellor and Consul-General, Athens 197377. Ambassador to Nepal 1977-1982.
Membership
Universities China Committee since 1987.
Interests
Looking at pictures, the theatre and wine.
Connections
Married Joyce Myra Symondson in 1957.
Notes for Joyce Myra (Spouse 1)
In the July to September 1919 birth index, Joyce M. Symondson, mother’s maiden name Roberts, St George Hanover Square, Greater London, volume 1a, page 584
Parish Records St. Gabriel, Warwick Square, Pimlico, Westminster, London
Born September 4 1919, baptism November 16 1919 Joyce Myra Symondson, parents Charles Henry and Rose Elizabeth Symondson, of 43 Clarendon Street, father is a civil servant, ceremony by W. H. Norman.
Post Office Appointment Books
December 1935 Joyce M. Symondson, Typist, London Telephone Service
Post Office Appointment Books
March 3, 1937, Joyce M. Symondson, Typist, Savings Bank Department
1939 England and Wales Register
22 Sandringham Road, Watford, Hertfordshire
1. record officially closed
2. record officially closed
3. Joyce M. Symondson [later Denson], born September 4 1919, single, clerical Office [the remainder is partially covered]
London electoral Registers 1947
26 Skeena Hill, Putney and Streatham, Wandsworth
Joyce M. Symondson, war worker,
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London, England on April 9, 1952, on the Chusan, destination, Hong Kong, 1st class, Joyce Myra Symondson, age 32, last address in U.K. “Longridge”, Shenley Brook End near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Her Majesty’s Foreign Service, country of intended permanent residence China.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Departed Honk Kong, arrived March 14, 1955 on the Carthage at London, England Joyce Symondson, 1st class, born September 4, 1919, single, address in U.K. Longridge, Shenley Brook End, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, foreign service, U.K. citizen, country of last permanent residence China, length of stay unknown.
London Electoral Registers 1957
4 Earlsfield Road, Wandsworth Central, Wandsworth
Beatrice B. Beresford
Constance M. Daniel
Beatrice E. Robertson
William M. Robertson
Joyce M. Symondson
In the October to December 1957 marriage index Joyce M. Symondson and John B. Denson, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, volume 4a, page 529.
UK Outgoing Passenger Lists
Departed January 2, 1960 from Liverpool on the Media travelling first class and contracted to land in New York
John Denson, born August 13, 1926, address in UK Sarlton House, Terrace SW1, Foreign Office Room 33,17, diplomat, citizen of UK, country of last permanent residence Finland, country of intended future residence England.
Joyce Denson, born September 4, 1919, housewife.
Bermuda Passenger Manifests
Arrived October 22, 1961 Hamilton, Bermuda
John B. Denson, British Nationality, United States address, British Embassy, Washington, permanent address Foreign Office London, born August 13 1921, Sunderland
Joyce Myra Denson, British, born September 4 1919, London
In the November 1993 death index Joyce Myra Denson, age 74, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, register A48, district 4831A, entry 61.
National Probate Calendar
Joyce Myra Denson of Little Hermitage Scar Hill Minchinhampton Gloucestershire died 23 November 1993 Probate Llandaff 27 January 1994 411 831 pounds
Daily Telegraph - London, England, November 25, 1993
DENSON— On Nov 23 1993 at the Winfield Hospital Gloucester Joyce Myra (nee Symondson) widow of John Boyd Denson ret’d H M Diplomatic Service Funeral service Holy Trinity Church Minchinhampton on Thursday Dec 2 at 1130 am No flowers by request but donations in lieu may be sent for the Macmillan Nurses co Philip Ford & Son Funeral Directors Dirleton House Stroud Glos
Parish Records St. Gabriel, Warwick Square, Pimlico, Westminster, London
Born September 4 1919, baptism November 16 1919 Joyce Myra Symondson, parents Charles Henry and Rose Elizabeth Symondson, of 43 Clarendon Street, father is a civil servant, ceremony by W. H. Norman.
Post Office Appointment Books
December 1935 Joyce M. Symondson, Typist, London Telephone Service
Post Office Appointment Books
March 3, 1937, Joyce M. Symondson, Typist, Savings Bank Department
1939 England and Wales Register
22 Sandringham Road, Watford, Hertfordshire
1. record officially closed
2. record officially closed
3. Joyce M. Symondson [later Denson], born September 4 1919, single, clerical Office [the remainder is partially covered]
London electoral Registers 1947
26 Skeena Hill, Putney and Streatham, Wandsworth
Joyce M. Symondson, war worker,
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London, England on April 9, 1952, on the Chusan, destination, Hong Kong, 1st class, Joyce Myra Symondson, age 32, last address in U.K. “Longridge”, Shenley Brook End near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Her Majesty’s Foreign Service, country of intended permanent residence China.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Departed Honk Kong, arrived March 14, 1955 on the Carthage at London, England Joyce Symondson, 1st class, born September 4, 1919, single, address in U.K. Longridge, Shenley Brook End, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, foreign service, U.K. citizen, country of last permanent residence China, length of stay unknown.
London Electoral Registers 1957
4 Earlsfield Road, Wandsworth Central, Wandsworth
Beatrice B. Beresford
Constance M. Daniel
Beatrice E. Robertson
William M. Robertson
Joyce M. Symondson
In the October to December 1957 marriage index Joyce M. Symondson and John B. Denson, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, volume 4a, page 529.
UK Outgoing Passenger Lists
Departed January 2, 1960 from Liverpool on the Media travelling first class and contracted to land in New York
John Denson, born August 13, 1926, address in UK Sarlton House, Terrace SW1, Foreign Office Room 33,17, diplomat, citizen of UK, country of last permanent residence Finland, country of intended future residence England.
Joyce Denson, born September 4, 1919, housewife.
Bermuda Passenger Manifests
Arrived October 22, 1961 Hamilton, Bermuda
John B. Denson, British Nationality, United States address, British Embassy, Washington, permanent address Foreign Office London, born August 13 1921, Sunderland
Joyce Myra Denson, British, born September 4 1919, London
In the November 1993 death index Joyce Myra Denson, age 74, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, register A48, district 4831A, entry 61.
National Probate Calendar
Joyce Myra Denson of Little Hermitage Scar Hill Minchinhampton Gloucestershire died 23 November 1993 Probate Llandaff 27 January 1994 411 831 pounds
Daily Telegraph - London, England, November 25, 1993
DENSON— On Nov 23 1993 at the Winfield Hospital Gloucester Joyce Myra (nee Symondson) widow of John Boyd Denson ret’d H M Diplomatic Service Funeral service Holy Trinity Church Minchinhampton on Thursday Dec 2 at 1130 am No flowers by request but donations in lieu may be sent for the Macmillan Nurses co Philip Ford & Son Funeral Directors Dirleton House Stroud Glos