Sir Guy Elwin Millard (22 January 1917 – 26 April 2013) was a British diplomat who was closely involved in the Suez crisis, and afterwards ambassador to Hungary, Sweden and Italy.

Career

Guy Elwin Millard was educated at Wixenford,

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, and

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. He entered the

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in 1939, but served in the

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during the

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. Millard was a junior secretary to

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

during the war, and when Eden became

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in 1955 he arranged for Millard to be seconded from the

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to be his Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He was thus closely involved with the

Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...

in 1956. Afterwards he wrote a detailed history of the episode, an edited version of which remains in the National Archives. Millard was

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

1967–69, Minister in

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, 1970–71, Ambassador to

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

1971–74 and Ambassador to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

1974–76. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, he served as chairman of the British-Italian Society 1977–83. Millard was appointed CMG in the

1957 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1957 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the ''Lon ...

and CVO in 1961 on the occasion of a

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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, where Millard was stationed at the time. He was knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1972.] The Italian government made him a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of Merit in 1981.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Millard, Guy Elwin 1917 births 2013 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School People educated at Wixenford School Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Royal Navy personnel of World War II Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Hungary Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Italy Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic