Alan Johnstone

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Sir Alan Johnstone
GCVO
British Ambassador to Denmark
In office
1905–1910
Preceded by Edward Goschen
Succeeded by Conyngham Greene
Personal details
Born 31 August 1858
Died 31 July 1932
Nationality British
Occupation Diplomat
Religion Church of England

Sir Alan Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone GCVO (31 August 1858 - 31 July 1932) was a British diplomat.

Biography

Johnstone was the son of Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent and Charlotte Mills.[1][2]

He entered Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1879. He became Secretary of the Legation to Copenhagen in 1895,[3] and moved to Germany as Secretary of the Legation (Charges d'Affaires) to Darmstadt and Karlsruhe in 1900. In April 1902 he represented the British King Edward VII during the Golden Jubilee of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden.[4] The following year he was appointed Secretary at the Embassy in Vienna. In 1905 he became Ambassador to Denmark and served in that position until 1910. He was made a Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Between 1910 and 1917 he served as Ambassador to the Netherlands.

He married Antoinette Pinchot, daughter of J. W. Pinchot, on 21 December 1892.[5] Their son was the politician, Harcourt Johnstone.

References

  1. ↑ ThePeerage.com (entry #71906) http://www.thepeerage.com/p7191.htm
  2. ↑ The other Pinchots of Grey Towers (Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, History Section, 1978), 6.
  3. ↑ Marina Soroka, Britain, Russia, and the Road to the First World War (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011), 37.
  4. ↑ "Court Circular" The Times (London). Monday, 5 May 1902. (36759), p. 8.
  5. ↑ ThePeerage.com (entry #71906) http://www.thepeerage.com/p7191.htm