Ralph Stevenson | |
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British Ambassador to Egypt | |
In office 1950–1955 | |
British Ambassador to the Republic of China | |
In office 1946–1950 | |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
In office 1943-1946 | |
Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary | |
In office 1939-1941 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 May 1895 |
Died | 23 June 1977 | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Helen Boreel
(
m. 1921;
div. 1944) |
Children | 1 |
Education | University College, Oxford |
Military career | |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Rifle Brigade |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Sir Ralph Clarmont Skrine Stevenson, GCMG, MLC, CP (16 May 1895 – 23 June 1977) [1] was a British diplomat.
He was the son of Surgeon-General, H.W. Stevenson and was educated at Wellington College and University College, Oxford. He married Helen Barbara Izabel Boreel on 27 October 1921 and they had one son and divorced in 1944. [2] He had served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, becoming Captain in 1917. His diplomatic career began as 3rd Secretary to the Diplomatic Service in 1919; 2nd Secretary in 1921 and 1st Secretary in 1928. Moving through positions of acting Counselor (1937); Counselor (1938) he became Minister in 1941. During this period he served with the Foreign Office in missions at Copenhagen, Berlin, Sofia, The Hague, Cairo and Barcelona.[ citation needed]
In 1943, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia, a post he held until 1946. [3] He was the British Ambassador to China from 1946 to 1950. [4] Stevenson was Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Egypt from 1950 to 1953 and later on to the Republic of Egypt from 1953 to 1955. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man from 1955 to 1970, as well as Captain of the Parish of Arbory from 1963 to 1976. [5]