Sir Lancelot Oliphant, KCMG

Sir Lancelot Oliphant

• Born on 8 October 1881.
• Son of Arthur Craigie Oliphant and Agnes Mary Horton.
• Married Christine McRae Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, on 6 November 1939.
• Died on 2 October 1965 at age 83, without issue.
• Acting 3rd Secretary at Constantinople in 1905.
• Acting 3rd Secretary at Teheran in 1909
• Assistant Clerk, Foreign Office in 1916.
• 1920 Acting Assistant Secretary.
• Acting Assistant Under-Secretary in 1928.
• Invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1929.
• Assistant Under-Secretary, Foreign Office between 1929 and 1936.
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1931.
• Ambassador Extraordinary to Belgium in 1939.
• Deputy Under–Secretary, Foreign Office in 1939
• Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg in 1939.
• He was he was interred in Germany between 2 June 1940 and 27 September 1941.

Citations

   [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 573. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]

   [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2998. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

   [S37] BP2003. [S37]

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