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

Origins

He was the son of

John Troutbeck Reverend Doctor John Troutbeck (November 12, 1832, Blencowe–October 11, 1899, London) was an English clergyman, translator and musicologist, a Canon (priest), Canon Precentor of Westminster Abbey and Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, whos ...

(1860–1912), a solicitor and Coroner of Westminster, and his wife Harriet Elizabeth Monro. His grandfather was the Rev Dr

and his uncle by marriage was Sir

William Henry Hadow Sir William Henry Hadow (27 December 1859 – 8 April 1937) was a leading educational reformer in Great Britain, a musicologist and a composer. Life Born at Ebrington in Gloucestershire and baptised there on 29 January 1860 by his father, ...

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

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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,

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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