Sir Anthony Gerald Hurrell, KCVO CMG (1927–2009) was a British diplomat and civil servant. Born on 18 February 1927, Hurrell attended St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, before spending two years in the Royal Army Educational Corps. In 1950, he entered the Ministry of Labour and subsequently worked in Ministry of Education before joining the in 1964; he was promoted to the grade of under secretary in 1974. He moved, with that grade, to the Cabinet Office's Central Policy Review Staff in 1976 and then to the Duchy of Lancaster the following year, before joining the Ministry of Overseas Developments's successor, the Overseas Development Administration in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in 1978. He remained there until he was appointed HM Ambassador to Nepal in 1983, serving until retire