Sir Frederick Cecil Mason (15 May 1913 – 18 January 2008) was a British diplomat. During the

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, the British occupied the Danish Faroe Islands following Nazi Germany's invasion of Denmark, with Mason serving as the British Consul to the Faroe Islands. He married a local woman, Karen Rorholm. They subsequently left the Faroe Islands. In 1943, he was appointed British Consul in Colón,

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. He would later, as Sir Frederick Mason CMG, become British Ambassador to Chile (1966-1970) and finally British Permanent Representative to the

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Office of the

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(1971-1973). (subscription required)

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Photograph dated 1 April 1971
1913 births 2008 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at the City of London School {{UK-diplomat-stub