William Strand, 1st Baron Strand
William Strang, 1st Baron Strang , GCMG , KCB , MBE ( January 2, 1893 - May 27, 1978 ) was a British diplomat , government advisor from the 1930s to 1950s and chief of the State Department from 1949 to 1953 .
He studied at Palmer's College , University College London and the Sorbonne in Paris . During the First World War he was part of the Worcestershire Regiment in 1915 ; at the end of the war he was a captain .
Since 1919 he was a member of the Foreign Ministry, first in Belgrade , 1922 again in London , 1930 in Moscow , in 1933 he became head of the League of Nations department in the ministry, in 1937 head of the Central Department, in 1943 in the rank of ambassador for the European Advisory Commission , 1945 Diplomatic advisor to the Commander of the Occupation Forces in Germany, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery , 1947 Head of Department for Germany and finally Head of Office. In 1953 he left the diplomatic service.
In 1943 he was elevated to the personal nobility as Knight Commander in the Order of St Michael and St George . In 1948 he was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath , 1950 the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George and 1953 the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. In 1954 he was raised as Baron Strang , of Stonesfield in the County of Oxford, to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Associated with this was a seat in the House of Lords , where he headed various commissions.
In 1920 he had married Elsie Wynne Jones; the two had a daughter and a son Colin Strand, 2nd Baron Strand .
Works
- Home and Abroad , Andre Deutsch, London 1956 (autobiography)
Web links
- Newspaper article about William Strang, 1st Baron Strang in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ^ The London Gazette : 40097, 865 , February 9, 1954.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Strang 1954–1978 |
Colin Strand |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strand, William, 1st Baron Strand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1893 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1978 |