Daniel Lascelles (diplomat)

Sir Daniel William Lascelles KCMG (19 March 1902 – 17 October 1967) was a British diplomat.[1] He was the British Ambassador in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Japan.

Early life

Lascelles was the son of the Honourable William Horace Lascelles, eighth son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. His mother was Madeline Barton, daughter of Reverend Gerrard Barton. He was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight; at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon; and at Balliol College, Oxford.[1]

Career

After an open competition in 1926, Lescelles earned a position and was subsequently appointed as a Third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service.[2] In 1931, he was made Second Secretary.[3] and in 1937, he was promoted to First Secretary.[4]

In 1945, he was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and he was promoted in the Foreign Office hierarchy.[5]

In 1948, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa and then Consul-General to the Kingdom of Ethiopia.[6] In 1949-1951, he became Ambassador to Ethiopia.[1]

In 1953, he was appointed Ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan.[7] In 1954, he was invested as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[1]

Lescelles was appointed Ambassador in Tokyo in 1957.[8] He served from 1957 through 1959.[9]

Later life

He died on 17 October 1967 at age 65.[1]

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peerage: Sir Daniel William Lascelles, ID#20130; retrieved 2011-05-20
  2. ↑ "No. 33218". The London Gazette. 5 November 1926. p. 7141.; "No. 33227". The London Gazette. 7 December 1926. p. 7999.
  3. ↑ "No. 33788". The London Gazette. 8 January 1932. p. 195.
  4. ↑ "No. 34496". The London Gazette. 25 March 1938. p. 2004.
  5. 1 2 "No. 37828". The London Gazette. 24 December 1946. p. 6253.
  6. ↑ "No. 38398". The London Gazette. 7 September :1948. p. 4865. Check date values in: |date= (help); "No. 38565". The London Gazette. 18 March 1949. p. 1384.; "No. 38702". The London Gazette. 30 August 1949. p. 4189.
  7. ↑ "No. 40032". The London Gazette. 1 December 1953. p. 6533.
  8. ↑ "No. 41244". The London Gazette. 3 December 1957. p. 7057.
  9. ↑ Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 179-184; Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present, p. 214., p. 214, at Google Books

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