Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn

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Sir Miles Lampson, 1941

Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn , GCMG , CB , MVO , PC (born August 24, 1880 in Killearn , Stirlingshire ( Scotland ), † September 18, 1964 ) was a British diplomat.

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After completing his training in Eton, Lampson started at the UK Foreign Office. In 1920 he worked briefly as high commissioner in Siberia. From 1926 to 1933 the post of ambassador in Beijing followed. From 1934 to 1946 he was stationed in Cairo as ambassador. During the Second World War he was one of the main actors during the state crisis in Egypt in 1942 . After the war, the post of High Commissioner for Southeast Asia followed.

On January 1, 1927 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and on February 1, 1937 raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the same order. On May 17, 1943, he was raised to hereditary nobility as Baron Killearn , of Killearn in the County of Stirling , and thereby became a member of the House of Lords .

He was married twice and left two daughters and one son from each marriage. On his death in 1964, his eldest son from his first marriage, Graham Curtis Lampson , inherited his baron title. British model and actress Liberty Ross and musician Atticus Ross are his grandchildren.

Works

  • The Killearn diaries, 1934-1946

Web links

Commons : Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arthur Goldschmidt: Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt , p. 109. ( Limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  2. ^ Steven Morewood: The British Defense of Egypt, 1935-1940: Conflict and Crisis in the Eastern Mediterrenean , 2005, pp. 6ff. ( Limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  3. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  4. ^ The London Gazette : No. 36020, p. 2219 , May 18, 1943.
  5. ↑ Peerage: Killearn at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
predecessor Office successor
NN British High Commissioner in Siberia
1920 		NN
James William Ronald Macleay British ambassador to China
1926–1933 		Alexander Cadogan
Percy Lyham Loraine British High Commissioner in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1933–1936 		British ambassador
British High Commissioner British Ambassador to Egypt
1936–1946 		Ronald Ian Campbell
NN British High Commissioner in Southeast Asia
1946–1948 		NN
New title created Baron Killearn
1943-1964 		Graham Lampson
personal data
SURNAME Lampson, Miles, 1st Baron Killearn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lampson, Miles Wedderburn, 1st Baron Killearn; Lampson, Sir Miles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Killearn , Stirlingshire , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1964