Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan
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Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan, KG, GCMG, CIE, OBE (27 November 1905 – 9 February 1985) was a British diplomat and author.
Trevelyan was a son of Rev. George Trevelyan and was educated at Lancing College and Jesus College, Cambridge.
He served as High Commissioner of South Arabia in 1967, and wrote The India We Left.
In 1968, he was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Trevelyan, of Saint Veep in the County of Cornwall.
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British Chargé d'affaires to China 1953–1955 |
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British Ambassador to Egypt 1955–1956 |
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British Ambassador to Iraq 1958–1961 |
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British Ambassador to Russia 1962–1965 |
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High Commissioner of Aden 1967 |
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