Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott (29 January 1909âÂÂ23 June 1984) was a British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar.
After studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he became a teacher. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939. His diplomatic career culminated with his posting to Prague, where he was the British Ambassador from 1960 to 1966. On retiring from the Foreign Office, he became, at the University of Lancaster, first Professor of Russian and Soviet Studies from 1966 to 1971 then, from 1971 to 1976, Professor of Central and South-Eastern European Studies and finally Director of the Comenius Centre. .
Sir Cecil Parrott is best known for his translation of Jaroslav Haà ¡ek's The Good Soldier à  vejk. He also translated some of Haà ¡ek's short stories, The Red Commissar and Other Tales. He also wrote a study of Haà ¡ek's short stories.
He wrote two autobiographical volumes, The Tightrope and The Serpent and the Nightingale, as well as his biography of Haà ¡ek, The Bad Bohemian.
His son, Jasper Parrott, is a businessman involved in artists' management.