"1942Z"^^ . "British diplomat" . "1942-05-18Z"^^ . "Francis Cornish CMG LVO (born 18 May 1942) is a retired British diplomat. He has served as the Foreign Office spokesman for Douglas Hurd, senior trade commissioner to Hong Kong (until 1997), consul-general to Hong Kong and Macao (July to November 1997), head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's news department, and ambassador to Israel (1998 to 2001)."@en . "Cornish, Francis"@en .