رونالد وليام گرام

Sir Ronald William Graham GCB GCMG GCVO PC (24 July 1870 – 26 January 1949) was a British diplomat and the British Ambassador to Italy from 1921 to 1933.[2]

Sir Ronald William Graham

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رونالد وليام گرام[1]
السفير البريطاني في إيطاليا
في المنصب
1921–1933
سبقهGeorge Buchanan
خلـَفهSir Eric Drummond
تفاصيل شخصية
وُلِد(1870-07-24)24 يوليو 1870
London, England
توفي26 يناير 1949(1949-01-26) (aged 78)
London, England
القوميةبريطاني
الزوجLady Sybil Brodrick
(ز. 1912; her death 1934)
الوالدانHenry John Lowndes Graham
التعليمكلية إيتون
الوظيفةدبلوماسي

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Early life

Graham was born in London 24 July 1870 the eldest son of Sir Henry John Lowndes Graham and was educated at Eton College.[2]


الخدمة الدبلوماسية

In 1892 Graham joined the British Diplomatic Service with his first foreign post at Paris.[2] In 1902, he was promoted to first secretary and worked at the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, before moving to Cairo as a Counsellor.[2]

After a period as Minister at the Haguem, he was sworn into Privy Council in 1921 and appointed Ambassador to Italy.[2] He was the British representative during the Fascist Revolution of 1922 when Benito Mussolini came to power.[2] Graham retired in November 1933 and became a trustee of the British Museum from 1937.[2]

الحياة الشخصية

 
قبره في پيپر هارو، سَري

Graham married Lady Sybil Brodrick, the daughter of the Earl of Midleton in January 1912. Lady Sybil, who was Maid of honour to Queen Mary from 1911 to 1912, was the sister of George Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton.[3]

His wife died six months after Graham retired and they had no children.[2] Graham died at his home in London aged 78 in 1949.[2]

المراجع

  1. ^ "Sir Ronald William Graham (1870-1949), Diplomat". National Portrait Gallery.
  2. ^ أ ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ قالب:Cite newspaper The Times
  3. ^ "Midleton, Earl of (UK, 1920 - 1979)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
مناصب دبلوماسية
سبقه
George Buchanan
British Ambassador to Italy
1921–1933
تبعه
Sir Eric Drummond