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List Of Ambassadors From The United Kingdom To Chile
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Chile, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Chile. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Chile''. List of heads of mission Consul-General and Plenipotentiary *1823–1837: Christopher Richard Nugent, Consul General *1837–1841: Colonel John WalpoleDarwin project from ''British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852''. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith, and C. K. Webster (London: Royal Historical Society. 1934). Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General *1841–1849: Colonel |
Diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations. The main functions of diplomats are: representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state; initiation and facilitation of strategic agreements; treaties and conventions; promotion of information; trade and commerce; technology; and friendly relations. Seasoned diplomats of international repute are used in international organizations (for example, the United Nations, the world's largest diplomatic forum) as well as multinational companies for their experience in management and negotiating skills. Diplomats are members of foreign services and diplomatic corps of various nations of the world. The sending state is required to get the consent of the receiving state for a person proposed to serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lowther (diplomat)
Sir Henry Crofton Lowther (26 March 1858 – 23 November 1939) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Chile and Denmark. Career Henry Crofton Lowther was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1879 he rowed in the Balliol VIII which went to the Head of the River.Obituary, ''The Times'', London, 27 November 1939, p.8 He joined the Diplomatic Service with the rank of Attaché in 1883. He was posted to The Hague in 1884, promoted to 3rd Secretary in 1885, and posted to Stockholm in 1886 and Berlin in 1888. He was promoted to 2nd Secretary with a posting to Rio de Janeiro, then moved to Constantinople in 1892, Madrid in 1894 and Bern in 1897. Lowther returned to Rio de Janeiro as First Secretary of Legation in 1901, was posted to Tokyo as Councillor of Embassy in 1906, and served as Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid, Bern, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before being appointed Minister to Chile 1909–13 and finally Minister to Denmark 1913–16 "where he did good work and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Norman Stirling
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Jerram
Bertrand may refer to: Places * Bertrand, Missouri, US * Bertrand, Nebraska, US * Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada * Bertrand Township, Michigan, US * Bertrand, Michigan * Bertrand, Virginia, US * Bertrand Creek, state of Washington * Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France * Bertrand (1981–94 electoral district), in Quebec * Bertrand (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec Other * Bertrand (name) * Bertrand (programming language) * Bertrand (steamboat), ''Bertrand'' (steamboat), an 1865 steamboat that sank in the Missouri River * Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Bertrand competition, an economic model where firms compete on price * Bertrand's theorem, a theorem in classical mechanics * Bertrand's postulate, a theorem about the distribution of prime numbers * Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (died 1112) * Bertrand (film), ''Bertrand'' (film), a 1964 Australian television film See also * Bertrand Gille (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurleston Leche
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles William Orde
Sir Charles William Orde, KCMG (25 October 1884 – 7 June 1980) was a British diplomat. The eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Orde, DL, of Nunnykirk, Morpeth, Northumberland, Orde was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ..., where he was an Exhibitioner, graduating BA in 1907. He entered the Foreign Office in 1909 as a clerk, and was promoted to the rank of Counsellor in 1929. In the 1930s, he was with the League of Nations Department of the Foreign Office, and was secretary to the Arms Traffic Convention of 1925. He was British Minister to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 1938 to 1940 and British Ambassador to Chile from 1940 to 1945. Orde married in 1914, Frances Fortune (died 1949), only daughter of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Bentinck
Reverend Sir Charles Bentinck (23 April 1879 – 26 March 1955) was a British diplomat who served as Minister (diplomacy) to several countries. After retirement from the Diplomatic Service, he became an Anglican priest. He was the third of seven children born to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Charles Adolphus Frederick William Bentinck, 5th Graf Bentinck (1846–1903) and Henrietta Eliza Cathcart McKerrall (1848–1904). He married Lucy Victoria Buxton (20 April 1893 – 27 June 1978), daughter of Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Baronet, and Anne Louisa Matilda O'Rorke, on 9 May 1922. Career Charles Henry Bentinck was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1904 and served in Berlin 1905–06 and St Petersburg 1906–09 before being appointed to The Hague 1908–14 where he acted as Chargé d'affaires on several occasions. During World War I he was stationed in Tokyo. In 1919 he returned to the Foreign Office and in 1920 was posted with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Addison (diplomat)
Sir Joseph Addison KCMG (1879 – 24 November 1953) was British ambassador to the Baltic States, and to Czechoslovakia during the rise of Nazi Germany. Career Joseph Addison, son of John Edmund Wentworth Addison, was educated in France and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office (FO) in 1903 and was assistant secretary at the Second Hague Conference in 1907 before being posted to Peking 1908–10. He was Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Thomas McKinnon Wood then Francis Dyke Acland) 1911–13. He resigned from the FO in 1913 but rejoined and served in Paris 1916–20 before being appointed Counsellor at Berlin 1920–27, serving as chargé d'affaires at various times. :So well did he carry out his duties during the particularly difficult period of the aftermath of the 1914–18 War, when political conditions in Germany were in a state of flux, that he was clearly marked out for promotion.– ''The Times'', 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michell (diplomat)
Sir Robert Carminowe Michell (2 September 1876 – 22 January 1956) was a British diplomat who was minister to Bolivia and Uruguay and ambassador to Chile. Career Michell was educated at the Bath College (English public school), former Bath College. After military service during the South African War he entered the Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Diplomatic Service and was posted to be Vice-Consul at Kertch followed by similar posts at Rotterdam in 1908 and at Nyborg in 1912. The next year he was promoted to be consul in Nicaragua. He was Second Secretary in the British Legation at Santiago, Chile, 1915–1921 and chargé d'affaires in Montevideo 1921–1922. Until 1926 he was Consul-General and chargé d'affaires in Ecuador. He was then appointed Minister (diplomacy), Minister to Bolivia 1926–30, Minister to Uruguay 1930–33 and Ambassador to Chile 1933–36. He then retired from the Diplomatic Service and lived in Chile until his death there in 1956. Michell was knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chilton
Sir Henry Getty Chilton (15 October 1877 – 20 November 1954) was a British diplomat who was minister to the Holy See, Vatican and ambassador to Chile, Argentina and Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Career He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, Wellington College and joined the Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Diplomatic Service as an attaché in 1902. He served at Vienna, Copenhagen; The Hague; Brussels; Berlin and Washington, DC, before he was appointed Counseller of Embassy at Rio de Janeiro in 1920 and then at Washington, DC, in 1921. In 1924, he was promoted to be Minister (diplomacy), Minister to the United States under the Ambassador, Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, Sir Esmé Howard. Still with the rank of minister, he was the British envoy to the Vatican from 1928 to 1930. He was then promoted to ambassador and posted to Chile 1930–33, to Argentina (1933–1935) and to Spain (1935-1939). Soon after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel
Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel, (17 March 1882 – 5 July 1951), known as Sir Archibald Clark Kerr between 1935 and 1946, was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1942 and 1946 and to the United States between 1946 and 1948. Background An Australian-born Scot, Clark Kerr was born Archibald John Kerr Clark, the son of John Kerr Clark (1838–1910), originally from Lanarkshire, Scotland, and Kate Louisa (1846–1926), daughter of Sir John Struan Robertson, five times Premier of the Colony of New South Wales. His family emigrated to England in 1889. In 1911 he assumed the surname of Kerr in addition to that of Clark. He_attended_Bath_College_(English_public_school)">Bath_College_from_1892_to_1900. _Diplomatic_career Clark_Kerr_entered_the_Foreign_Office.html" "title="Bath_College_(English_public_school).html" "title="ic] Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st and last Baron Inverchapel">thepeerage.com John [sic] Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hohler
Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler (15 March 1871 — 23 April 1946) was a British diplomat. He was born in St George Hanover Square, London, the sixth son of Henry Booth Hohler of Fawkham Manor near Gravesend and Henrietta Wilhelmina Lawes. His older brother was politician and barrister Sir Gerald Hohler. Hohler was educated at Eton College, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Hohler entered the diplomatic service in 1894, and was appointed a Second Secretary in August 1901. During World War I, he was head of the British delegation to Mexico, in Mexico City, and was involved in the interception of the German Zimmermann Telegram that was used to promote the entry of the United States into the war. Although acting anonymously at the time, he later identified himself as the mysterious "Mr. H" responsible for intercepting the inflammatory telegram. In 1920, Hohler served as the High Commissioner of the British Legation in Budapest, Hungary. In Hungary, he made a controversial effort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
