Noel Mason-Macfarlane

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Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Noel Mason-Macfarlane, KCB, DSO, MC (October 23, 1889, Cookham - August 12, 1953, Twyford) was a British soldier, administrator and politician who served as Governor of Gibraltar during World War II.

'Mason-Mac' served in World War I, gaining the Military Cross. He served as Britain's military attaché to Berlin prior to World War II, proposing the assassination of Hitler, as well as to Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark and as Head of the British Military Mission in Moscow 1941-2. He was Governor of Gibraltar from 31 May 1942 to 14 February 1944. He later served as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Control Commission for Italy in 1944, effectively head of the government.

In the 1945 general election, Mason-Macfarlane was elected as a Labour Member of Parliament for Paddington North, defeating Churchill's close ally, Brendan Bracken. He resigned in 1946.

His papers and correspondence are archived at the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents. He was evidently a close friend of Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski.

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Ewan Butler, Mason-Mac 1972
Military service

Government offices
Preceded by The Viscount Gort	Governor of Gibraltar 1942–1944	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Eastwood
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Brendan Bracken	Member of Parliament for Paddington North 1945–1946	Succeeded by William Field

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