George Middleton (diplomat)

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

For other people named George Middleton, see George Middleton.

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

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
General
  • Brenchley, Frank (September 2004). "George Middleton" (subscription required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69411. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
Specific
  1. "Birthdays". The Independent. 21 January 1993. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  2. "Obituaries: Magdalen College". Oxford University Gazette. 23 April 1998. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  3. "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Lebanon: The official website for the British Embassy in Lebanon. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  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
Sir Edwin Chapman-Andrews		 British Ambassador to Lebanon
1956 – 1958		 Succeeded by
Sir Moore Crosthwaite
Preceded by
Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows		 Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency
1958 – 1961		 Succeeded by
Sir William Luce
Preceded by
Sir John Ward		 British Ambassador to Argentina
1961 – 1964		 Succeeded by
Sir Michael Creswell
Preceded by
Sir Harold Beeley		 British Ambassador to the United Arab Republic
1964 – 1965		 Suspended
Title next held by
Sir Harold Beeley



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