Sir George Humphrey Middleton | |
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| Born | 21 January 1910 |
| Died | 12 February 1998 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
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Sir George Humphrey Middleton KCMG (21 January 1910[1] – 12 February 1998[2]) was a British diplomat.
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
Diplomatic posts
Preceded bySir Edwin Chapman-Andrews
British Ambassador to Lebanon 1956–1958
Succeeded bySir Moore Crosthwaite
Preceded bySir Bernard Burrows
Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency 1958–1961
Succeeded bySir William Luce
Preceded bySir John Ward
British Ambassador to Argentina 1961–1964
Succeeded bySir Michael Creswell
Preceded bySir Harold Beeley
British Ambassador to the United Arab Republic 1964–1965
SuspendedRhodesia CrisisTitle next held bySir Harold Beeley
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