and presumptions about the development of the human condition. In 1965, he was described in Anthony Sampson's Anatomy Of Britain as "one of the five most powerful people in Whitehall". Burrows published his memoirs in Diplomat in a Changing World (2001). He also authored The Security of Western Europe (With C Irwin 1972), Devolution or Federalism (with G Edwards 1980), The Defence of Western Europe (1982), and a history of the Gulf region, Footnotes in the Sand (1990). He also advised on the political scenario for General Sir John Hackett's bestseller, The Third World War (1982). In 2001, he published A Myth for Our Time, examining the origins of the universe from a humanist perspective. Sir Bernard Burrows was appointed Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1955 and the Grand Cross (GCMG) in 1970. He is survived by a daughter and a son. References 1910 births 2002 deaths Members of HM Diplomatic Service Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Turkey Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to NATO Chairs of the Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) British colonial political officers 20th-century British diplomats