Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn
Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn (* 1919 in Jamadoba , † 1981 in Entrecasteaux ) was a Guatemalan ambassador .
Life
Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn's father was born in Scotland . McGarvie-Munn was captain of the Seaforth Highlanders . In 1947 he married Carmen Atala Ydígoras Laparra, the daughter of María Laparra Samajoa and José Miguel Ramón Idígoras Fuentes .
In June 1954, an opposition in San Salvador selected by John Emil Peurifoy agreed to transfer from the government of Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán to a junta in the Pacto de San Salvador during Operation PBSUCCESS . Idígoras Fuentes recognized the lack of unity among the signatories of the Pacto de San Salvador and had Peurifoy inform via McGarvie-Munn that he would let himself participate in power under a gentlemen's agreement . Peurifoy interpreted the attitude of Idígoras Fuentes as a rejection of the Pacto de San Salvador .
On March 2, 1958, Idígoras Fuentes, the father-in-law of Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn, became President of Guatemala. As a painter, McGarvie-Munn was a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, an association of shipbuilding designers, and Idígoras Fuentes founded the Guatemalan Navy .
Hugh Ian McGarvie-Munn bought the listed castle of Entrecasteaux in 1974 to house his family and had it renovated into a museum .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roland H. Ebel, Misunderstood caudillo: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes and the failure of democracy in Guatemala , University Press of America, 1998 - 343 pp, p. 41
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel Luís Urrutia de León |
Guatemalan Ambassador to Paris 1961–1966 |
Miguel Ángel Asturias |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McGarvie-Munn, Hugh Ian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guatemalan Ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamadoba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1981 |
| Place of death | Entrecasteaux |