A funeral service has been held in Panbride Church for former diplomat Brian Buik Low, who died at his Carnoustie home aged 77.
Born in Glamis on November 15 1937, Mr Low and his brother John were raised by their grandmother in Carnoustie and he attended Arbroath High School.
On entering National Service, Mr Low was among 5,000 personnel to go through Joint Services School for Linguists (JSSL) training in Russian.
Mr Low was trained in Crail before being posted to Hong Kong, where he listened in to Russian communications with China.
He met his future wife Anita, an English Red Cross nurse, when he went to donate blood and they married in 1960 at St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong.
On their return to London, Mr Low was appointed to Her Majesty’s Diplomatic service in 1962.
The couple had daughters Fiona and Polly.
Mr Low was posted to Moscow in the early 1970s and became the first post-war British ambassador to Estonia after the break-up of the Soviet Union.
He was in Tallin when the MS Estonia sank on September 28, 1994, en route from Tallin to Stockholm, claiming 852 lives, including one Briton.
Mr Low’s final posting was to Papua New Guinea, as British High Commissioner, where he received Pope John Paul II.
He was involved in the infamous Sandline affair, a political scandal that became one of the defining moments in the history of Papua New Guinea.
Sandline International was a private military company, based in London, which was involved in conflicts in Papua New Guinea, having a contract with the government under the then Prime Minister Julius Chan.
It brought down the government of Sir Julius Chan, and took Papua New Guinea to the verge of military revolt.
In the process Mr Low arranged the release of former Scots Guard Major Tim Spicer, who had been imprisoned in an abandoned landing craft in Port Moresby Bay.
Mr Low was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1994, and returned to Carnoustie on his retirement.
He became involved in Royal British Legion Scotland, the local Probus and Rotary clubs, and was a former captain of Carnoustie Golf Club.
Mr Low is survived by his wife Anita, daughters Andrea, Fiona and Polly and six grandchildren.