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Ivo Mallet
Sir William Ivo Mallet (7 April 1900 – 7 December 1988) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Yugoslavia and Spain. Career Mallet was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined HM Diplomatic Service with the rank of Third Secretary in 1925. He served in Constantinople, Angora, Berlin and Rome before, at the end of 1938, being appointed assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. He held that post until 1941, then returned to the Foreign Office with the rank of acting Counsellor; at the end of the war he was Head of the Personnel Department of the Foreign Office. In 1946 he was appointed Consul-General at Tangier. In 1949 he returned to the Foreign Office as Assistant Under-Secretary. He was the UK representative at talks toward a peace treaty with Austria, although negotiations were slow due to the Cold War and the final Austrian State Treaty was signed only in 1955. Meanwhile, Mallet served as ambassador to Yugosla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija; sk, Juhoslávia; ro, Iugoslavia; cs, Jugoslávie; it, Iugoslavia; tr, Yugoslavya; bg, Югославия, Yugoslaviya ) was a country in Southeast Europe and Central Europe for most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the ''Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'' by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (which was formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary) with the Kingdom of Serbia, and constituted the first union of the South Slavic people as a sovereign state, following centuries in which the region had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. Peter I of Serbia was its first sovereign. The kingdom gained international recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Secretary
A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service Chief executive officer, chief executives of government departments or ministries, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing political secretaries of state to whom they report and provide advice. Country Australia In Australia, the position is called the "department secretary", “secretary of the department”, or “director-general of the department” in some states and territories. Barbados Canada In Canada, the senior civil service position is a "deputy minister", who within a government ministry or department is outranked only by a Minister (government), Minister of the Crown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mallet
Sir Charles Edward Mallet (2 December 1862 – 21 November 1947), was a British historian and Liberal politician. He was knighted in 1917. Life He was the only son of the activist Louisa (born Udny) and Charles Mallet, a civil servant. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and was admitted to Middle Temple on 21 May 1886. He was Called to the Bar on 3 July 1889. He first stood for parliament at the 1900 General Election when he was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Conservative seat of Salford West. Mallet was returned to Parliament for Plymouth in 1906. In 1908 he was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Walter Runciman who was President of the Board of Education. In February 1910 Asquith was considering him as a possible Chief Whip but was dissuaded by the outgoing Chief Whip Jack Pease who felt he was out of sympathy with many leading Liberals over the Lords. In March 1910 Prime Minister H. H. Asquith appointed him Financial Secretary to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Labouchère
Sir George Peter Labouchere (London, 2 December 1905 – Dudmaston Hall, Shropshire, 14 June 1999) was a British diplomat and collector of modern art. Career Labouchere was educated at Charterhouse School and the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and entered the His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Diplomatic Service in 1929. He was Deputy-Commissioner for Austria, 1951–53, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Hungary, Minister to Hungary 1953–55, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Belgium, Ambassador to Belgium 1955–60, and List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain, Ambassador to Spain 1960–66. He was a member of the Society of Dilettanti and was associated at various stages with the Tate Gallery, London, serving as president of the Friends of the Tate. He was an avid art collector, buying, at various stages, works by British artists including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Lynn Chadwick and Ben Nicholson. He also bought contemporary continental wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Spain
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Spain is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Spain. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain. The British ambassador to Spain is also non-resident ambassador to the Principality of Andorra. In 1822, Foreign Secretary George Canning downgraded the Embassy to a Mission, and the Head of Mission from an Ambassador to an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to reflect Spain's decreased importance on the world stage. The Mission in Madrid was upgraded to a full Embassy once more on 9 December 1887.Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, ''British Historical Facts 1830-1900'', Macmillan 1975, page 168 List of heads of mission The following is a partial list of British ambassadors to Spain. Titles of the heads of mission: * From 1509 to 1683: Ambassador * From 1683 to 1710: Envoy Extraordinary * From 171 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Balfour (diplomat)
Sir John Balfour GCMG, GBE (1894–1983) was a British diplomat. Family Sir John was the son of the Conservative politician Charles Balfour, and the maternal grandson of the 5th Earl of Antrim. In 1933, he married Frances van Millingen, daughter of Professor Alexander van Millingen of Robert College, Constantinople, although their marriage remained childless. World War 1 Balfour was an Oxford student studying German in the city of Freiberg when World War I began. He spent the entire war in Ruhleben internment camp. Diplomatic career During his service with the Foreign Office, Balfour was posted to Portugal, Spain (1951–1954),Richard Ford. A hand-book for travellers in Spain and readers at home. University of California, 1966. Page xi Argentina, Moscow, and Washington DC.Jill Edwards. Anglo-American relations and the Franco question, 1945-1955. . Page 174 A hispanophile, Balfour was an ardent opponent of Francisco Franco's regime In politics, a regime (also "régime") is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Roberts (diplomat)
Sir Frank Kenyon Roberts (27 October 1907 – 7 January 1998) was a British diplomat. He played a key role in British diplomacy in the early years of the Cold War, and in developing Anglo-German relations in the 1960s. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was educated at Bedales School, Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1930 with first-class honours in history. He entered the Foreign Office in 1930, having been first-placed in the entrance examination. His first overseas posting was to Paris, followed by Cairo where he married Celeste Leila Beatrix "Cella" Shoucair (died 1990). Roberts returned to London in 1937 to work in the central department of the Foreign Office, where, as a still relatively junior official, he was involved in much of the diplomacy with Nazi Germany in the lead-up to World War II. When war broke out, he was British joint secretary of the Anglo French Supreme War Council (SWC) from 1939 to 1940, and acted as interpreter d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Serbia
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Serbia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Serbia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Belgrade. List of heads of mission Consul to Serbia *1837–1839: George Lloyd Hodges *1839–1842: No representative Consul-General to Serbia *1842–1859: Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque *1860: Robert Bulwer-Lytton *1860–1869: John Augustus Longworth Agent and Consul-General to Serbia *1869–1875: John Augustus Longworth *1875–1879: William Arthur White Minister Resident to Principality of Serbia *1879–1881: Gerard Francis Gould *1881–1885: Sidney Locock (from 1882 to the Kingdom of Serbia) Minister Resident to the Kingdom of Serbia *1885–1886: Hugh Wyndham Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia *1886–1888: George Hugh Wyndham *1888–1890 Frederick Robert St John Consul-General to the Kingdom of Serbia *1890–1892: Frederick Robert St John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Peake
Sir Charles Brinsley Pemberton Peake (2 January 1897 – 10 April 1958) was a British diplomat. Early life and career Peake served in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War, being commissioned into the 1/4th Battalion in 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916. His service also included attachment to the regiment's 9th Battalion. Peake was discharged in 1918. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1922. His first appointment was in Sofia, subsequently being posted to Tokyo, Paris, Washington, D.C., and Tangier. In 1939, Peake became head of the Foreign Office News Department and chief press adviser at the Ministry of Information. In 1941 he was posted to Washington as Acting Counsellor. In 1946 he became Ambassador to Yugoslavia, before his appointment as Ambassador to Greece in 1951. He served in the position until 1957. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distingu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year Honours
The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. A number of other Commonwealth realms also mark this day in this way. The awards are presented by or in the name of the reigning monarch, currently King Charles III or his vice-regal representative. British honours are published in supplements to the ''London Gazette''. Honours have been awarded at New Year since at least 1890, in which year a list of Queen Victoria's awards was published by the ''London Gazette'' on 2 January. There was no honours list at New Year 1902, as a list had been published on the new King's birthday the previous November, but in January 1903 a list was again published, though including only Indian orders until 1909 (while the other orders were announced on the King's birthday in November). There were also no honours issued in 1940, due to the outbreak of the Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spanish State, Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title ''Caudillo''. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship. Born in Ferrol, Spain, Ferrol, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy from 1907 to 1910. While serving in Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Morocco, he rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general in 1926 at age 33, which made him the #Military career, youngest general in all of Europe. Two years later, Franco became the director of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provinces. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. The city has a subtropical climate, unusual in relation to its relatively high latitude, due to marine breezes. In 2022, it had a population of about 204,302. Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and previously capital of the Province of Trieste, until its abolition on 1 October 2017. Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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