Daniel Lascelles

Daniel William Lascelles KCMG (19 March 1902-17 October 1967) was a British diplomat.^[1] He was the British Ambassador in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Japan.

Early life

Daniel William Lascelles was the son of Hon. William Horace Lascelles and Madeline Barton. He was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight; at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon; and at Balliol College, Oxford University.^[1]

Career

After an open competition in 1926, Lescelles earned a posiiton and was subsequently appointed as a Third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service.^[2] In 1931, he was made Second Secretary.^[3] and in 1937, he was promoted to First Secretary.^[4]

In 1945, he was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and he was promoted in the Foreign Office hierarchy.^[5]

In 1948, he was appointed Envoy Extraorinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Addaba and then Consul-General to the Kingdom of Ethiopia.^[6] In 1949-1951, he was the Ambassador to Ethiopia.^[1]

In 1953, he was appointed Ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan.^[7] In 1954, he was invested as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.^[1]

Lescelles was appointed Ambassador in Tokyo in 1957.^[8] He served from 1957 through 1959.^[9]

Later life

He died on 17 October 1967 at age 65.^[1]

Honours

• Order of St Michael and St George, companion (CMG), 1945.^[5]
• Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG), 1954.^[1]

See also

• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Ethiopia
• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Afghanistan
• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
• Anglo-Japanese relations

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Peerage: Sir Daniel William Lascelles, ID#20130; retrieved 2011-05-20
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 33218. p. 7141. 5 November 1926. Retrieved 2011-05-20.; London Gazette: no. 33227. p. 7999. 7 December 1926. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 33788. p. 195. 8 January 1932. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
4. ^ London Gazette: no. 34496. p. 2004. 25 March 1938. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
5. ^ ^{a b} London Gazette: no. 37828. p. 6253. 24 December 1946. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
6. ^ London Gazette: no. 38398. p. 4865. 7 September :1948. Retrieved 2011-05-20.; London Gazette: no. 38565. p. 1384. 18 March 1949. Retrieved 2011-05-20.; London Gazette: no. 38702. p. 4189. 30 August 1949. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
7. ^ London Gazette: no. 40032. p. 6533. 1 December 1953. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
8. ^ London Gazette: no. 41244. p. 7057. 3 December 1957. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
9. ^ Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 179-184; Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present, p. 214. at Google Books

References

• Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. 10-ISBN 0700705120/13-ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589
• Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. 10-ISBN 1901903516/13-ISBN 9781901903515; OCLC 249167170

Further reading

• Great Britain, Public Record Office. British Foreign Office Files for Post-War Japan (Public Record Office class FO 371). Part 3, Complete files for 1957-1959. 10-ISBN 1857110331/13-ISBN 9781857110333; OCLC 224083280
• __________. British Foreign Office Files for Post-War Japan (Public Record Office class FO 371). Part 4, Complete files for 1960-1962. 10-ISBN 1857110331/13-ISBN 9781857110333; OCLC 224083430

External links

• UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission

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Name	Lascelles, Daniel
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Date of death	1967
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