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Ralph Stevenson

Ralph Stevenson

British diplomat (1895–1977)

For the American football player, see Ralph Stevenson (American football).

Sir Ralph Clarmont Skrine Stevenson, GCMG, MLC, CP (16 May 1895 – 23 June 1977)[1] was a British diplomat.

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Biography

He was the son of Surgeon-General, H.W. Stevenson and was educated at Wellington College and University College, Oxford. He married Helen Barbara Izabel Boreel on 27 October 1921 and they had one son and divorced in 1944.[2] He had served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, becoming Captain in 1917. His diplomatic career began as 3rd Secretary to the Diplomatic Service in 1919; 2nd Secretary in 1921 and 1st Secretary in 1928. Moving through positions of acting Counselor (1937); Counselor (1938) he became Minister in 1941. During this period he served with the Foreign Office in missions at Copenhagen, Berlin, Sofia, The Hague, Cairo and Barcelona.[citation needed]

In 1943, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia, a post he held until 1946.[3] He was the British Ambassador to China from 1946 to 1950.[4] Stevenson was Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Egypt from 1950 to 1953 and later on to the Republic of Egypt from 1953 to 1955. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man from 1955 to 1970, as well as Captain of the Parish of Arbory from 1963 to 1976.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "STEVENSON, Sir Ralph Clarmont Skrine". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. [2]
    Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 1 (107th ed.). Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9. OCLC 150226262.
  3. [3]
    "No. 36407". The London Gazette. 3 March 1944. p. 1064.
  4. [4]
    "Papers of Sir Ralph Claremont Skrine Stevenson (1895-1977), Diplomat, with small quantity of additional papers of Henry Wickham Stevenson (father) and Mrs Avery Stevenson (daughter in law)". Archives Hub.
  5. [5]
    Kelly, Dollin, ed. (2006). New Manx Worthies. Isle of Man: Manx Heritage Foundation. OCLC 77794312. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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