Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on percy cradock 's: - death place - successor - monarch - predecessor - office - death date - term end - term start - birth date - name - birth place Bio: sir percy cradock , gcmg , pc -lrb- , 26 october 1923 -- 22 january 2010 -rrb- was a british diplomat , civil servant and sinologist who served as british ambassador to the people 's republic of china from 1978 to 1983 , playing a significant role in the sino-british negotiations which led up to the signing of the sino-british joint declaration in 1984 . joining the foreign office in 1954 , cradock served primarily in asia and was posted to the british charge d'affaires office in peking -lrb- now beijing -rrb- at the outset of the cultural revolution in 1966 . he , along with other british subjects , was manhandled by the red guards and the mobs when the office was set on fire on 22 august 1967 . after the rioting , cradock served as charge d'affaires in peking from 1968 to 1969 , and later succeeded sir edward youde as british ambassador to the people 's republic of china in 1978 . his ambassadorship witnessed the start of the sino-british negotiations in 1982 , which subsequently resulted in the joint declaration in 1984 , an agreement deciding the future of the sovereignty of hong kong after 1997 . however , the move of cradock , who was the british chief negotiator in the negotiations , to compromise with the chinese authority was regarded as a major retreat by the general media in hong kong and the united kingdom , and was heavily criticised at that time as betraying the people of hong kong . cradock remained a trusted advisor to then prime minister margaret thatcher , who appointed him as chairman of the joint intelligence committee in 1985 . after the tiananmen square protests of 1989 , he was the first senior british official to pay a visit to the chinese leadership in the hope of maintaining the much criticised joint declaration . he was successful in fighting to guarantee in the basic law of hong kong that half of the seats of the legislative council would be directly elected by 2007 . however , cradock worsened his relationship with thatcher 's successor , john major , by forcing him to visit china...
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- death place is london , united kingdom- successor is sir richard evans john denson- monarch is elizabeth ii elizabeth ii- predecessor is sir edward youde sir donald hopson- office is british charge d'affaires , peking ambassador to the people 's republic of china- death date is 22 january 2010- term end is 1983 1969- term start is 1978 1968- birth date is 26 october 1923- name is percy cradock- birth place is byers green , county durham , united kingdom