Sir John Monro Troutbeck, (2 November 1894 – 28 September 1971) was a British

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

Origins

He was the son of John Troutbeck (1860–1912), a solicitor and Coroner of Westminster, and his wife Harriet Elizabeth Monro. His grandfather was the Rev Dr John Troutbeck and his uncle by marriage was Sir William Henry Hadow.

Career

He served as Ambassador to Iraq between 1951 and 1954, succeeding Sir Henry Mack. He retired in 1954, served as UK Member of the Saar Referendum Commission in 1955 and was Chairman of the Save the Children Fund 1956–1962. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in 1939, a Knight Commander of the same order in 1948, and in 1955 he was made an Ordinary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He died in

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

, West Sussex in 1971.

References

1894 births 1971 deaths People from the City of Westminster Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-diplomat-stub