James George (diplomat)

James George (born September 14, 1918 in Toronto ; † February 7, 2020 there ) was a Canadian ambassador .

Life

James George was the son of Helen George and Ruggles Kerr. He married Caroline Parteir on November 7, 1942; they had three sons and a daughter. He graduated from Upper Canada College in 1936 . In 1938 he studied at the University of Grenoble . In 1940 he received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto Trinity Coll on a Rhodes Scholarship . From 1940 to 1945 he was with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Lieutenant Commander and from 1943 headed the Royal Canadian Navy's historical section.

In 1945 he entered the foreign service and was employed in Athens until 1948 . From 1951 to 1955 he was employed at the UN headquarters . From 1957 to 1960 he was Deputy Permanent Representative of the Canadian Government to the North Atlantic Council and to the UNCD in New York and Geneva. On August 2, 1960 he was appointed High Commissioner in Colombo , where he was appointed until March 6, 1964. From 1964 to 1966 he was Head of the Europe Department in the Canadian Foreign Ministry. From 1966 to 1967 he was ambassador to Paris .

Headquarters New Delhi

On July 17, 1967 he was appointed High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in New Delhi , where he was appointed from October 21, 1967 to August 20, 1972. On July 23, 1967 he was appointed High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in Kathmandu , where he was commissioned from January 17, 1968 to August 20, 1972.

Headquarters Tehran

On May 23, 1972 he was appointed ambassador to Tehran , where he was stationed until September 21, 1977. On May 23, 1972, he was appointed Ambassador to Kuwait City , where he was accredited from May 9, 1974 to September 21, 1977. On February 26, 1974, he was appointed Ambassador to Muscat Oman, where he was accredited from November 10, 1974 to September 21, 1977. On February 26, 1974 he was appointed Ambassador to Doha Qatar, where he was accredited from May 9, 1974 to September 17, 1977. On February 26, 1974 he was appointed Ambassador to Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates, where he was accredited from December 26, 1974 to September 17, 1977. On February 26, 1974, he was appointed ambassador to Manama Bahrain, where he was accredited from 1977 to September 17, 1977.

retirement

He was retired on September 21, 1977 . In 1977 he founded the Threshold Found in London, which he chaired until 1982 and of which he was treasurer until 1984. From 1984 to 1992 he chaired the Sadat Peace Found and the Harmonic Arts Society of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine . In 1987 he was a founding member of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco . On July 1 and 2, 1987, he chaired the International Conference on Tropical Forestry in New Delhi. In 1991 he led an international study tour of Friends of the Earth to Kuwait and the Persian Gulf to document the environmental damage after the Second Gulf War . In 2003 he was President of the No Weapons in Space (NOWIS) initiative .

predecessor	Office	successor
Reginald George Cavell	Canadian High Commissioner in Colombo August 2, 1960 to March 6, 1964	George Kinnear Grande
Douglas Barcham Hicks	Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi October 21, 1967 to August 20, 1972	Bruce MacGillivray Williams
Daniel Roland Michener	Canadian High Commissioner in Kathmandu January 17, 1968 to August 20, 1972	Bruce MacGillivray Williams
Frederick Martyn Meech	Canadian Ambassador to Tehran May 23, 1972 to September 21, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor
Christopher Campbell Eberts	Canadian Ambassador to Kuwait City May 23, 1972 to September 21, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor
Melvyn MacDonald	Canadian Ambassador to Muscat November 10, 1974 to September 21, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor
	Canadian Ambassador to Doha May 9, 1974 to September 17, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor
	Canadian Ambassador to Abu Dhabi December 26, 1974 to September 17, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor
	Canadian Ambassador to Manama from 1977 to September 17, 1977	Kenneth Douglas Taylor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary
2. ↑ Canadian Heads of Posts Abroad since 1880, George, James (Career)
3. Jump up ↑ Elizabeth Lumley, Canadian Who's Who, University of Toronto Press, 2009, 1445 pp. 469
4. ↑ SRI LANKA
5. ↑ INDIA
6. ↑ NEPAL
7. ↑ KUWAIT
8. ↑ OMAN
9. ↑ QATAR
10. ↑ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
11. ↑ BAHRAIN