Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Alan Hugh Campbell GCMG (1 July 1919 7 October 2007) was a British diplomat. He was British ambassador to Ethiopia from 1969 to 1972 and to Italy from 1976 to 1979, and also held senior posts in the Foreign Office in London. Campbell's father had retired from the family business, Ibert & Co, and bought a large house, Combe Royal, near Kingsbridge on the south coast of Devon. He was educated at Sherborne School from 1932 to 1937.