Victor Mallet

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Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet GCMG (April 9, 1893 – May 18, 1969) was a British diplomat and author.

The son of Sir Bernard Mallet and Marie Adeane, he was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He married Christiana Jean Andreae in 1925; they had three sons and a daughter.

After serving in France and Ireland with the Cambridgeshire Regiment during World War I, in which he reached the rank of Captain, he joined the Diplomatic Service held posts in Tehran, Persia (1919-22 and 1933-5), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1926-8), Brussels, Belgium (1929-32), Washington, United States (1936-9) and in the Foreign Office (1922-6 and 1932). He was Minister in Stockholm, Sweden (1940-5) during World War II, and Ambassador to Spain (1945-6) and Italy (1947-53).

His book “Life with Queen Victoria” was published in 1968.[1]

Mallet was also occasionally a member of the Eugenics Society.[2]

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  1. ^ Janus: The Papers of Sir Victor Mallet
  2. ^ British Eugenics Society - N
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Noel Charles		 British Ambassador to Italy
1947–1953		 Succeeded by
Sir Ashley Clarke
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