Thomas Haining

Thomas Nivison Haining CMG (15 March 1927 – 17 July 2005), was a British diplomat. He was ambassador to Mongolia from 1979 to 1982.[1]

Thomas Nivison Haining
CMG
British Ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic
In office
1979–1982
Foreign Service
In office
1952–1982
Personal details
Born15 March 1927
Died17 July 2005 (age 78)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh and University of Göttingen
AwardsMost Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Career

In 1952, Haining entered the British government's Foreign Service, later transferring to the Diplomatic Service, and saw service in Vienna, Moscow, Rome and New York. From 1979 to 1982 he was British ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic.

Following his retirement, Haining settled in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. He became an honorary research associate in history at the University of Aberdeen and honorary president of the Chinese Studies Group.[2][3][4] He became a frequent contributor about Mongolia and the history of the Mongols to academic journals. He also edited, translated from the German and contributed to Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy by Paul Ratchnevsky. The Royal Asiatic Society reviewer commented: "The translation is excellent. Mr Haining is to be congratulated on his contribution to what is in many respects an improvement even on Ratchnevsky's splendid work."[5][6][7]

Honours
  • Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

References
  1. Obituary, The Times, August 22, 2005. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tom-haining-06737zhdmgt
  2. Wiley, about the author. https://www.wiley.com/en-bb/Genghis+Khan%3A+His+Life+and+Legacy-p-9780631189497
  3. Thomas Haining (1986) "The Mongols and religion", Asian Affairs, 17:1, pp. 19-32, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03068378608730208
  4. Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group newsletter 1991-2. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/csg/documents/Aberdeen_Chinese_Studies_Group_History.pdf
  5. Anatoly M. Khazanov (1993) "Reviewed Work: Genghis Khan. His Life and Legacy by Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining", Mongolian Studies, vol. 16, pp. 106-9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43194519
  6. Walter K. Hanak (1995) Book reviews, Speculum, 70:2, 416-7. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2864944
  7. Peter Jackson (1993) "Review: Genghis Khan: his life and legacy", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 3 , iss. 3, November, pp. 453-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186300014292
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