Sir George Humphrey Middleton KCMG (21 January 1910[1] – 12 February 1998[2]) was a British diplomat.
George Humphrey Middleton | |
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| Born | 21 January 1910 |
| Died | 12 February 1998 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
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He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Lebanon (1956–1958),[3] Argentina (1961–1964) and Egypt (1964–1965).[4] He was also Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency and Chargé d'affaires in Iran during the Abadan Crisis.[5]
Personal life edit
He married first in 1934, Elizabeth Rosalie Okeden (Tina) Pockley, the Australian detective novelist Elizabeth Antill. They divorced and he then married Francoise Sarthou, (1927-2019), an interior decorator and patron of the international charity Children and Families Across Borders. She was formerly married to the French diplomat Philip Dahan-Bouchard.
References edit
- General
- Brenchley, Frank (September 2004). "George Middleton" (subscription required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69411. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Birthdays". The Independent. 21 January 1993. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Obituaries: Magdalen College". Oxford University Gazette. 23 April 1998. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Lebanon: The official website for the British Embassy in Lebanon. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Edited by Mark j. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, Syracuse University Press, 2004, p.52
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