Charles Peake

Sir Charles Peake GCMG MC
British Ambassador to Greece
In office 1951–1957
Preceded by	Sir Clifford Norton
Succeeded by	Sir Roger Allen
British Ambassador to Serbia
In office 1946–1952
Preceded by	Sir Ralph Stevenson
Succeeded by	Sir Ivo Mallet
Personal details
Born	2 January 1897 Leicester, England
Died	10 April 1958 London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Diplomat
Religion	Church of England
Awards	Military Cross
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915-1918
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Battles/wars	First World War

Sir Charles Brinsley Pemberton Peake GCMG MC (2 January 1897 – 10 April 1958) was a British diplomat.^[1]

Peake served in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War, being commissioned into the 1/4th Battalion in 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916.^[2] His service also included attachment to the regiment's 9th Battalion. Peake was discharged in 1918. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1922. His first appointment was in Sofia, subsequently being posted to Tokyo, Paris, Washington DC and Tangier. In 1939, Peake became head of the Foreign Office News Department and chief press adviser at the Ministry of Information.^[3] In 1941 he was posted to Washington as Acting Counsellor.^[4] In 1946 he became Ambassador to Yugoslavia, before his appointment as Ambassador to Greece in 1951. He served in the position until 1957. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.^[5] Peake married Catherine Marie Knight, with whom he had four sons.^[6]

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