Sir Paul Hervé Giraud Wright
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OBE (12 May 1915 – 10 June 2005) was a British
diplomat
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who served as
ambassador
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to the
Democratic Republic of Congo
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and to
Lebanon
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.
His wife
Beatrice ("Babs"), whom he married in 1942, had succeeded her late husband
John Rathbone
John Rankin Rathbone (5 February 1910 – 10 December 1940) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life
He was born in 1910 to William Rathbone, a marine architect, and Agnes Dorothea Rankin.
Education
For his education, Rath ...
as
Member of Parliament
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for
Bodmin
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The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
, but did not contest the
1945 general election. They had one child together; she had two children by her previous marriage, including
Tim, who later become a Conservative MP.
However, Wright did contest the
1945 general election as Liberal candidate for
Bethnal Green North East finishing second.
After retiring from the diplomatic service in 1975, Wright was appointed as honorary secretary general of the celebration committee for
the Queen
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’s
Silver Jubilee in 1977, and arranged the music for the occasion. He was a governor of
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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and
Westminster Cathedral
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Choir School, and chairman of the Anglo-Lebanese Society.
His wife Beatrice died in 2003, two years before him. They had both converted to
Roman Catholic
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ism.
Publications
*Autobiography: ''A Brittle Glory'' (1986)
External links
Obituary, Sir Paul Wright Daily Telegraph 2005-06-13
The Times 2005-06-30
1915 births
2005 deaths
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
English Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Lebanon
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
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