Sir Edward Noel "Nick" Larmour (25 December 1916 in Belfast, Ireland – 21 August 1999 in Belfast)Cricket Archive profile
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and British diplomat.

Cricket

A right-handed batsman, he played five times for the Ireland cricket team in 1938.CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
/ref> He made his debut for Ireland against Scotland in July 1938, which was his only first-class match.First-class matches played by Noel Lamour
at CricketArchive He also played against the MCC and Sir Julien Cahn's XI before finishing his

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career with two matches against

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in September.

Politics

After leaving military service in 1946, he married his wife Nancy, and became Deputy Secretary to the government of Burma in

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. He was in the next room when Aung San and six members of the Burma cabinet were

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on 19 July 1947. He left Burma in 1948 and joined the

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, and had a series of overseas posts in New Zealand, Singapore,

, Nigeria and as High Commissioner to Jamaica between 1970 and 1973, also serving as ambassador to

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. During his final years at the

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, he facilitated the final moves towards independence of the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, and other colonies, including the Solomon Islands. He was knighted on his retirement in 1977, but continued in some political roles, including the

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, and a post in Bermuda. He died in Belfast whilst on a visit to his sister.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larmour, Noel 1916 births 1999 deaths Cricketers from Belfast Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Jamaica Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Civil servants in the Commonwealth Relations Office Irish cricketers