Thomas Maitland Snow, CMG (21 May 1890 – 24 January 1997) was a British diplomat.

Biography

The son of Thomas Snow, of Cleve, Exeter, and Edith Banbury, Snow was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

, where was Exhibitioner and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...

, where he was Scholar and graduated BA in Classics. He joined the Foreign Office in 1914 and served in Christiania (Oslo), Athens, Bern, Madrid, Warsaw, Tokyo, and Madrid. He was British Minister to Cuba from 1935 to 1937, British Minister to Finland from 1937 to 1940, British Minister to Colombia from 1941 to 1945 (Ambassador from 1944 to 1945), and British Minister to Switzerland from 1946 to 1949. He retired in 1950. Snow was appointed CMG in 1934.

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