Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (3 February 1909 – 29 June 1984) was a British

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. He served with distinction in HM Diplomatic Service and in retirement held the following appointments:

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, Grindlays Bank, 1969–79, United Kingdom Provident Institution, 1969–79 and Registrar of the

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, 1966–79. Lord Gore-Booth was educated at

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and Balliol. After Oxford, he married in 1940, Patricia Mary Ellerton, by whom he had twin sons, one of whom was Sir David Gore-Booth, and two daughters. His aunt was the Irish republican and socialist revolutionary,

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Constance Markievicz Constance Georgine Markievicz ( pl, Markiewicz ; ' Gore-Booth; 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist, and the fir ...

(''née'' Gore-Booth).

Career

Gore-Booth joined the

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in 1933, serving in the

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in London from 1933 to 1936, and then was stationed in Vienna, 1936–37, Tokyo, 1938–42, and Washington, 1942–45, where he attended the Hot Springs Food Conference in 1943. He returned to the Foreign Office in London, 1945–49, attending the

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Conference, 1943, the Chicago Civil Aviation Conference, 1944, the San Francisco Conference, 1945, and the UN Assembly, January and October 1946 (as Secretary of the UK Delegation), and in 1947 as the British Representative, Group of Four Drafting Convention setting up the

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. He served as Head of the UN Economic and Social and

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Departments, 1947–48; Head of European Recovery Department, Foreign Office, 1948–49; Director of British Information Services in United States, 1949–53; Ambassador to Burma, 1953–56; Deputy Under-Secretary (Economic Affairs), Foreign Office, 1956–60; British High Commissioner in India, 1960–65; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1965–69; and Head of HM Diplomatic Service, 1968–69. Gore-Booth also served as President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, 1967–79; Chairman, Save the Children Fund, 1970–76; Chairman, Windsor Music Festival, 1971–73; Member,

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, 1974–77; Chairman, Board of Governors, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1975–80. Gore-Booth was an adviser at the time of the Chagossian

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in 1968, and apparently supported their expulsion.

Honours and arms

CMG (1949), KCMG (1957), GCMG (1965); * Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon

KCVO (1961); *

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as Baron Gore-Booth, ''of Maltby in the West Riding of the County of York'' (''cr.'' 2 July 1969).

Works

* ''With Great Truth and Respect'' (autobiog.) 1974 * ''Satow's Guide to Diplomatic Practice'', 5th edn, 1978.

References

External links

www.burkespeerage.com
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Career

Honours and arms

Works

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