Stewart Wolfe Jamieson

Stewart Wolfe Jamieson
Born	(1903-01-04)4 January 1903 Sydney, New South Wales
Died	4 May 1975(1975-05-04) (aged 72) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Diplomat
Spouse(s)	Katherine Mary Garvan (m. 1937–75)

Stewart Wolfe Jamieson CBE (4 January 1903 – 4 May 1975) was an Australian diplomat, journalist and lawyer.

After attending The King's School, Sydney, Jamieson graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts before studying law at the University of Oxford. He worked as a lawyer and journalist in the late 1920s and the 1930s, and enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. After the war he joined Australia's diplomatic service. In a 20-year diplomatic career, he held a number of consular and ambassadorial posts, including as Australia's high commissioner to Ghana (1958–1960), ambassador to Brazil (1960–1962), ambassador to the Soviet Union (1962–1965) and Aabassador to Sweden (1964–1965).^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Dermody, Kathleen (1996). "Jamieson, Stewart Wolfe (1903–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Obituary: Mr Stewart Wolfe Jamieson". Canberra Times. 6 May 1975. p. 9.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by N.N. Frewin as Acting Consul-General	Australian Consul-General in San Francisco 1952 – 1955	Succeeded by Melville Marshall
Preceded by	Australian High Commissioner to Ghana 1958 – 1960	Succeeded by Bertram Ballard
Preceded by Donald Mackinnon	Australian Ambassador to Brazil 1960 – 1962	Succeeded by Owen Davis
Preceded by Keith Waller	Australian Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1962 – 1965	Succeeded by John Rowland
Preceded by Frederick R. Gullick as Chargé d'affaires	Australian Ambassador to Sweden 1964 – 1965	Succeeded by John Rowland

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