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Frederick Robert Hoyer Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra (6 June 1900 – 16 October 1989), was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to

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from 1955 to 1956.

Background and early career

The son of Robert Hoyer Millar, he was educated at

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and

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. Millar entered the

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in 1923, becoming Second Secretary in 1928 and First Secretary in 1935. He served in various capacities at the British embassies in Berlin, Paris and Cairo and at the

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. From 1934 to 1938 he was Assistant Private Secretary to the

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(

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respectively).

Senior diplomatic appointments

During the Second World War he served chiefly at the British embassy in Washington D.C., where he was also

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from 1948 to 1950. Millar was also the United Kingdom Deputy at the

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from 1950 to 1952 and its Representative thereon from 1952 to 1953. The latter year Millar was appointed High Commissioner to the British Zone of occupied Germany, a post he held until 1955, and was then Ambassador to

from 1955 to 1956. After his return to Britain he served as

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from 1957 to 1962.

Honours and personal life

Millar was made a

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in 1949 and a

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in 1956, and in 1962 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Inchyra, of St Madoes in the

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. He was appointed

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in 1961. Lord Inchyra married in 1931 ''

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in 1965. Their younger daughter, Dame

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, was a Lady-in-Waiting to

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and later to the

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. His granddaughter

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was married to

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Death

Lord Inchyra died in October 1989, aged 89. He was succeeded in the Barony by his elder son, Robert, the 2nd Baron Inchyra.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inchyra, Frederick Miller, 1st Baron 1900 births 1989 deaths People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Alumni of New College, Oxford Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Members of HM Diplomatic Service Diplomatic peers Millar, Frederick Millar, Frederick Millar, Frederick Place of birth missing Place of death missing Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II 20th-century British diplomats Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to NATO