Sir Geoffrey George Knox (11 March 18846 April 1958) was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner of the League of Nations at

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from 1 April 1932 to 1 March 1935 and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil from 1939 to 1941.

Biography

He was born on 11 March 1884 in

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, to Jane de Brixton née Price and George Knox. Knox attended

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in England and entered the

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in early 1906. The first two years of his training involved studying languages at Trinity College, Cambridge. As a diplomat, Knox was first stationed in Persia, where he became acting consul at Kermanshah and Shiraz in 1910 and 1911, respectively. The following year, he became vice-consul in Cairo. During the First World War, Knox worked as consul-general in Greece at Salonika (1915) and Cavalla (1915–1916). For the rest of the war he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, and was

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. Upon the end of the war he re-entered diplomacy, being stationed in 1919 in Bucharest and from August 1920 as a secretary in Constantinople. In December 1923 Knox moved to Berlin, where he worked for three years before being promoted to acting counselor in Turkey. He developed lung problems and did not work for two years beginning in 1928. In 1930 Knox returned to work, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, but he was forced again to cease work until he was transferred to Madrid in July 1931. On 1 April 1932 Knox became High Commissioner of the League of Nations at

, managing the territories affairs in the face of increasing hostility from Nazi Germany. Knox left the position on 1 March 1935, as the territory reunified with Germany.

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respected Knox for his efforts. After his service at Saar, the Foreign Office made Knox minister to Hungary in 1935. His health again forced him to switch roles, and Knox served as Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil from 1939 to 1941, when he retired. Knox died on 6 April 1958 and never married.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Geoffrey George High Commissioners of the League of Nations at Saar Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Brazil 1884 births 1958 deaths Royal Naval Reserve personnel