Sir Patrick Moberly, 95, old-school ambassador to the 1980s hotspots of Israel and South Africa

[Michael Rhodes]

Sir Patrick Moberly, who has died aged 95, was a formal, old-school diplomat whose career culminated in two of the most sensitive postings for a British ambassador: to Israel and South Africa...Likened to ‘a piece of porcelain under tremendous control’, he had bad luck in Israel and was later seen as too cautious against apartheid

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/01/25/patrick-moberly-ambassador-israel-south-africa-apartheid/