Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra
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Frederick Robert Hoyer Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra GCMG CVO (6 June 1900-16 October 1989), was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to West Germany from 1955 to 1956.
The son of Robert Hoyer Millar, he was educated at Wellington and New College, Oxford. Millar entered the Diplomatic Service in 1923, and served in various capacities at the British embassies in Berlin, Paris and Cairo and at the Foreign Office. From 1934 to 1938 he was Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon, Sir Samuel Hoare and Anthony Eden respectively). During the Second World War he served chiefly at the British embassy in Washington, where he was also Minister Plenipotentiary from 1948 to 1950. Millar was also the United Kingdom Deputy at the Nato Council from 1950 to 1952 and its Representative thereon from 1952 to 1953. The latter year Millar was appointed High Commissioner to the British Zone of occupied Germany, a post he held until 1955, and was then Ambassador to West Germany from 1955 to 1956. After his return to Britain he served as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1957 to 1962. Millar was made a KCMG in 1949 and a GCMG in 1956, and in 1962 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Inchyra, of St Madoes in the County of Perth.
Lord Inchyra married in 1931 Elizabeth de Marees van Swinderland, daughter of Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderland of the Netherlands. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. Lord Inchyra died in October 1989, aged 89. He was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest son Robert Charles Reneke Hoyer Millar.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
British Ambassador to West Germany 1955–1956 |
Succeeded by - |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick |
Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office 1957–1962 |
Succeeded by Sir Harold Caccia |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baron Inchyra 1962–1989 |
Succeeded by Robert Millar |
| Heraldic offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Nevile Bland |
King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George 1962–1975 |
Succeeded by Sir Morrice James |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
