Richard Dorman

Richard Bostock Dorman CBE (8 August 1925 – 9 January 2022) was a British diplomat who served as the second High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Vanuatu from 1982 until 1985. Life and career Dorman was born in Stafford, Staffordshire on 8 August 1925. and was educated at Sedbergh School. He served as the second High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Vanuatu from 1982 until 1985, and also co-founded the British Friends of Vanuatu, (BFoV) in 1986, serving as the organisation's chairman until 1999. Dorman was honoured with a CBE in 1984, and was awarded the Republic of Vanuatu National Award of Merit by Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas in November 1999. The awards ceremony was held at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London.