Victor Mallet

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

The son of Sir Bernard Mallet and Marie Adeane, and the godson of Queen Victoria, he was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He married Christiana Jean Andreae in 1925; they had three sons and a daughter, Anne Marie Mallet. His daughter was wife of the 28th Baron Dunboyne (27 Jan 1917 – 19 May 2004) and mother of John Fitzwalter Butler, 19th Baron Dunboyne (b. 1951).

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 1933–35), 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). In the last position he replaced Sir Noel Charles.

His book “Life with Queen Victoria” which a record of his Mother's letters written during her service as a Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria was published in 1968.^[1]

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

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Noel Charles	British Ambassador to Italy 1947–1953	Succeeded by Sir Ashley Clarke

Persondata
Name	Mallet, Victor
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Short description	British diplomat
Date of birth	9 April 1893
Place of birth
Date of death	18 May 1969
Place of death

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