William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell

William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell

William George Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell GCB , GCMG , KCVO (born August 17, 1866 - March 14, 1947 ) was a British diplomat. He served as Undersecretary in the British Foreign Office and as British Ambassador in Paris .

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Tyrrell, who was descended from an Indian princess on his mother's side, among others, studied at Balliol College at Oxford University . He then worked from 1889 to 1928 in the British Foreign Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . There he acted, among other things, from 1905 to 1915 as private secretary to the long-time British Foreign Minister Sir Edward Gray and from 1916 to 1919 as head of the intelligence department. He particularly supported the Entente cordiale with France. From 1925 to 1928 he held the post of Permanent Secretary of State in the Foreign Office, the second highest office in British foreign policy after that of Foreign Secretary.

From 1928 to 1934 Tyrrell served as British Ambassador for France in Paris. Here, too, he aimed for close cooperation between the two countries. He then took over the chairmanship of the British Committee on Film Censorship from 1935 to 1947 .

In recognition of his achievements Tyrrell in 1929 as Baron Tyrrell , of Avon in the County of Southampton , in the hereditary nobility raised. However, since he had no male descendants, the title expired on his death in 1947.

Web links

• William George Tyrrell, 1st and last Baron Tyrrell of Avon on thepeerage.com
• Newspaper article about William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .