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George Middleton (diplomat)

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Sir George Humphrey Middleton
Born(1910-01-21)21 January 1910
Died12 February 1998(1998-02-12) (aged 88)
OccupationDiplomat
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Rosalie Okeden
  • Francoise Sarthou

Sir George Humphrey Middleton KCMG (21 January 1910[1] – 12 February 1998[2]) was a British diplomat.

He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Lebanon (1956–1958),[3] Argentina (1961–1964) and Egypt (1964–1965).[4] He was also Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency and Chargé d'affaires in Iran during the Abadan Crisis.[5]

Personal life

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He married first in 1934, Elizabeth Rosalie Okeden (Tina) Pockley, the Australian detective novelist Elizabeth Antill. They divorced and he then married Francoise Sarthou, (1927–2019), an interior decorator and patron of the international charity Children and Families Across Borders. She was formerly married to the French diplomat Philip Dahan-Bouchard.

References

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General
  • Brenchley, Frank (September 2004). "George Middleton" (subscription required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69411. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Independent. 21 January 1993. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Obituaries: Magdalen College". Oxford University Gazette. 23 April 1998. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Lebanon: The official website for the British Embassy in Lebanon. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  5. ^ Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Edited by Mark j. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, Syracuse University Press, 2004, p.52
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Ambassador to Lebanon
1956–1958
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency
1958–1961
Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Argentina
1961–1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to the United Arab Republic
1964–1965
Suspended
Title next held by
Sir Harold Beeley