Denis Greenhill
British minister
Died when: 87 years 1 days (1044 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Denis Arthur Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow GCMG OBE (7 November 1913 – 8 November 2000) was the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Diplomatic Service from 1969 to 1973; a respected expert on the US, Europe and the Soviet Union, he was actively involved in setting postwar Britain's role in the world in a new direction, away from its imperial past and a compliant involvement with the United States towards a more active engagement in Europe.
He served under three prime ministers, Harold Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath.Noted for his poor treatment of the Chagos Islanders in August 1966, along with , forcibly removed some 2,000 natives from their land referring to them as "some Tarzans or Men Fridays"[1]
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