George Lisle Clutton

Sir George Lisle Clutton KCMG (March 5, 1909 , † 1970 ) was a British diplomat .

Life

George Lisle Clutton was one of seven children of Ralph Philip, Captain of the Royal Navy . He studied at Bedford School and Merton College, Oxford. From 1934 to 1939 he was employed in the Department of Printed at the British Museum . From 1939 to 1940 he was used by the British Army . From 1940 to 1944 he was employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). from 1944 to 1946 he was employed at the embassy in Stockholm . From 1946 to 1948 he was employed at the embassy in Belgrade . From 1948 to 1950 he headed the Africa department at the FCO. From 1950 to 1952 he was envoy to Japan . From 1952 to 1955 he was in the FCO confidant of MI6 . Anthony Eden wanted to protect the Anglo-Persian Oil Company from competition from US oil companies, so he refused to coordinate Operation Ajax with Operation Boot , as the British termed the measures to overthrow Mohammad Mossadegh . In January 1953, John Alexander Sinclair intervened with Christopher Montague Woodhouse , Norman Matthew Darbyshire and George Lisle Clutton to pursue the plan for British participation in Operation Ajax.

From 1955 to 1959, George Lisle Clutton was ambassador to Manila .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mark J. Gasiorowski, Malcolm Byrne, Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 coup in Iran , p. 168
2. ^ National Photo Gallery, [1] .

predecessor	Office	successor
Frank Stannard Gibbs	British Ambassador to the Philippines 1955–1959	John Arthur Pilcher