Ernest William Meiklereid

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Ernest William Meiklereid ( October 12, 1899 - January 12, 1965 ) was a British diplomat .

Life

Ernest Meiklereid studied at Monkton Combe School and Emmanuel College in Cambridge . From 1918 to 1919 he was used in the British Army . In 1923 he had a study visit to Siam , acted as an interpreter and entered the consular service. He was employed in the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina . In February 1932 he was Vice Consul in Songkhla , in October 1932 Vice Consul in Lampang . On December 3, 1934, he was appointed third class consul in Bangkok . From 1943 to 1945 he was Consul General in Dakar .

From 1946 to 1948 he was consul general in Saigon with the administrative district of French Indochina , accredited with Sisowath Monivong and political advisor to Douglas Gracey . In 1946 Nguyễn Văn Thinh asked Meiklereid for 500 rifles for each province in South Vietnam , who referred him to Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu .

From 1948 to 1949 he was Consul General in San Francisco . From 1950 he headed the trade department at the British Embassy in Paris . In 1955 he became Ordinary Knights Commader of the Order of the British Empire . From November 1955 to August 1958 he headed the British delegation to the coal and steel union as ambassador .

Ernest William Meiklereid was married to Katherine Perouse de Montclos from Dinard .

Publications

  • 1932 Phuket
  • 1932 Chiang
  • 1933 Fang with sketched map.
  • 1933 Phrae and Nan.
  • 1953 France, economic and commercial conditions in France. Overseas Economic Surveys. H. Majesty's Stationary Office. London, REINO UNIDO

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foreign Office , The Foreign Office list and diplomatic and consular year book , Harrison and sons., 1959
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34222, HMSO, London, January 1, 1947, p. 7413 ( PDF , accessed October 22, 2013, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37835, HMSO, London, November 22, 1935, p. 4 ( PDF , accessed October 22, 2013, English).
  4. ^ Ernest William Meiklereid, Esquire, to be His. Majesty's Consul-General for French Indo-China, to reside at Saigon (8th October, 1945), April 9, 1946 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the Link according to instructions and then remove this note. )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thegazette.co.uk  
  5. ^ Peter M. Dunn, The first Vietnam War
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 40497, HMSO, London, June 9, 1955, p. 3278 ( PDF , accessed October 22, 2013, English).
  8. ↑ Claudia Becker-Döring, The external relations of the European Coal and Steel Community p. 107
predecessor Office successor
1931-1940: Victor Vincent Cusden British Ambassador to Senegal
1943–1945 		1945–1951: Hector Bruce Henderson
1904: Tom Ffennell Carlisle British Consul General in Saigon
1946-1948 		Frank Stannard Gibbs
British Ambassador to Cambodia from
1946 to 1948 		Frank Stannard Gibbs
Cecil Weir McAlpine British delegate to the Coal and Steel Community
November 1955 to August 1958 		Arthur Harry Tandy
personal data
SURNAME Meiklereid, Ernest William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1899
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1965