Sir Henry John Bevis Lintott,

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(23 September 1908 – 5 January 1995) was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was

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.

Biography

The son of the painter Henry John Lintott, RSA, and Edith Lunn, Lintott was educated at

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, and King’s College, Cambridge. He joined

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in 1932, and was with the

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from 1935 to 1948. He was Deputy Secretary-General of the

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from 1948 to 1956, Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the

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from 1956 to 1963, and

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lintott, He ry 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