(Telegraph-UK) The British Consul General, Roger Short, 58, a former ambassador, was killed along with two other British staff, including his personal assistant, Lisa Hallworth, 38, and 11 Turkish employees. Thirty British staff work at the consulate, alongside 70 Turkish nationals. The consulate building, an Italianate palace designed by Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Houses of Parliament, was being restored, leaving the consul to work out of a lodge close to the main gate. "He was there when that was blown to pieces," said the consulate's chaplain, the Rev. Ian Sherwood.
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