Frederic Salusbury

Sir Frederic Hamilton Piozzi Salusbury, Kt. CB CMG MC (November 17, 1895-13 December 1957) was a British journalist and diplomat. He was also a member of the Salusbury Family.

Salusbury became a second lieutenant in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) in 1916. He served for three years in the regiment before being demobilized. After the war, he became the chief editor of the Daily Herald after working for the newspaper for approximately two years. Salusbury served in the Mediterranean during the Second World War and subsequently received his first posting as the British Ambassador to the Hellenes. During that time, he created the English edition of the Kathimerini after buying a majority holding in the paper. At the time of his death, he had taken up appointment as British Ambassador to France. Prior to his death he was made a Knight Bachelor.

References

• Wood, W De B., ed. The History of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the Great War (1914-1918). London: Medici Society, 1924.

See also

• Salusbury Family