Sir Henry John Bevis Lintott,
KCMG KCMG may refer to
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(23 September 1908 – 5 January 1995) was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was
British High Commissioner to Canada
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As fellow members ...
from 1963 to 1968.
Biography
The son of the painter Henry John Lintott,
RSA, and Edith Lunn, Lintott was educated at
Edinburgh Academy
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,
Edinburgh University
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, and
King’s College, Cambridge. He joined
HM Customs and Excise
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in 1932, and was with the
Board of Trade
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from 1935 to 1948. He was Deputy Secretary-General of the
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
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from 1948 to 1956, Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the
Commonwealth Relations Office
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from 1956 to 1963, and
British High Commissioner to Canada
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada is the United Kingdom's foremost Diplomat, diplomatic representative in Canada and is in charge of the British High Commission, Ottawa, British diplomatic mission to Canada.
As fellow members ...
from 1963 to 1968.
Lintott was appointed CMG in 1948 and promoted to KCMG in 1957.
He married firstly in 1934 Phyllis Hamerton; their marriage was dissolved in 1948. He married secondly in 1949 Margaret Orpen; they had one son and one daughter.
References
* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-173852
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1908 births
1995 deaths
High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
OECD officials
Place of birth missing
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Civil servants in the Commonwealth Relations Office