Ronald Ian Campbell

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Sir Ronald Ian Campbell CB, GCMG, PC (7 June 1890–1983) was a British diplomat.

Campbell was the second son of Sir Guy Campbell, 3rd Baronet (see Campbell baronets), by Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann. He was educated at Eton and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1939, Campbell was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a post he held until 1941,[1] when he became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington to 1944. He became Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign Office in 1945, and served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Egypt from 1946 to 1950.[2] He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1950.

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  1. The London Gazette: no. 34799. p. 1100. 23 February 1940. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

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Preceded by
Neville Meyrick Henderson
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

1939 1941
Succeeded by
George William Rendel
Preceded by
Sir Miles Lampson
British Ambassador to Egypt
1946–1950
Succeeded by
Sir Ralph Stevenson


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