Maurice Peterson

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Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson , GCMG (March 10, 1889 - March 15, 1952 ) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq between 1938 and 1939 , ambassador to Spain from 1939 to 1940 , and ambassador to the 1944-1946 Turkey and most recently from 1946 to 1949 Ambassador to the Soviet Union .

Life

Maurice Drummond Peterson was a son of the Scottish classical philologist William Peterson , who was between 1882 and 1895 principal of University College Dundee and from 1895 to 1919 principal of McGill University , and his wife Lisa Ross. After attending the renowned rugby school, founded in 1567, he graduated from Magdalen College at the University of Oxford . He found after joining the diplomatic service in 1913 uses in numerous missions abroad as well as at the State Department ( Foreign Office ) . After he served as counselor at the embassy in Spain between 1929 and 1931 and was subsequently head of the Egypt department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1931 to 1935 . During this time he was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1933 for his services . After that he acted briefly in 1935 as head of the department for the League of Nations and the West and between 1935 and 1936 as the first and only head of the department for Abyssinia in the Foreign Ministry.

In 1936 Peterson took over the post of envoy to Bulgaria from Charles Henry Bentinck and remained in this post until he was replaced by George William Rendel in 1938. On January 19, 1938, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) was defeated, so that henceforth he carried the suffix "Sir". He then replaced Archibald Clark Kerr as ambassador to Iraq in 1938 and held this position until 1939, whereupon Basil Cochrane Newton succeeded him there. He then succeeded Henry Getty Chilton as Ambassador to Spain in 1939 and held this post until he was replaced by Samuel John Gurney Hoare in 1940. From 1942 to 1944, he served as Assistant Undersecretary for the Middle and Far East in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Assistant UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs (Middle East / Far East)) .

Maurice Peterson succeeded Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen as ambassador to Turkey in 1944 and held this position until 1946, after which David Victor Kelly became his successor there. Most recently, he took over the post of ambassador to the Soviet Union from Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel in 1946 , and held this position until he was replaced by David Victor Kelly in 1949. On January 1, 1947, he was made Knight Grand Cross des Order for his services of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

Peterson, in The Little House in Wargrave in the county of Berkshire lived, was the father of Colin Vyvyan Peterson. This was married to Pamela Rosemary Barry, the daughter of the officer and cricketer Gerald Barry .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 825
  2. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 956
  3. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 949
  4. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 956
  5. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 649
  6. ↑ Knights and Dames
  7. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 736
  8. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 822
  9. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , pp. 930, 934
  10. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 849
  11. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 809
  12. ↑ Knights and Dames
personal data
SURNAME Peterson, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peterson, Maurice Drummond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1889
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1952