Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet

Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet, KCMG, PC (5 November 1880 – 23 May 1961) was a British diplomat.

Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, Loraine fought in the Second Boer War in Southern Africa. In 1904, he joined the foreign service. He first served in the Middle East, at the British missions in Istanbul and Tehran, before being posted in Rome, Beijing, Paris and Madrid. He took part in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference which was held following the end of World War I, before being sent as minister in Tehran and then Athens. In 1929, he was appointed as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan. However, his policy of allowing King Fuad I to control the government led to his removal in 1933. He became close to Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk while serving in Ankara, which improved the relations between the two countries. He was the last British ambassador to Italy before the start of World War II. Winston Churchill did not seek his advice on Middle Eastern matters during the war, and he retired from public life.

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• Monroe, Elizabeth; rev. Peter Neville (September 2004). "Percy Loraine" (subscription required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34597. http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101034597. Retrieved 2009-05-03.