'SIR FLAWLESS,' THE BRITISH COMMUNICATOR

The Boston Globe | March 15, 1987| | Copyright

Sir Antony Acland, 56, Britain's ambassador to the United States, resembles the late British actor, Leslie Howard. He has the same piercing glance softened alternatively by amusement and curiosity. Acland, Britain's highest- ranking diplomat in Washington, is known as "Sir Flawless" in England because of an indelible reputation for dependability, discretion, efficiency and popularity.

Yet, he can laugh at himself. "Don't exaggerate," he admonishes pleasantly, when his image of refinement surfaces during this early-morning conversation at the Beacon Hill residence of the British consul ...

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