John Aloysius Belton

John Aloysius Belton
John Aloysius Belton
Irish ambassador to Spain; from Ireland; to Spain
	In office; 1946 – 1949
Preceded by	Leopold H. Kerney
Succeeded by	Leo Thomas McCauley
Irish ambassador to Germany; from Ireland; to Germany[1]
	In office; June 1951 – March 1955
Preceded by	Con Cremin
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Kiernan
Irish ambassador to Canada; from Ireland; to Canada
	In office; 1964 – 1967
Preceded by	William P. Fay
Succeeded by	William Warnock (1911-1986)
Personal details
Born	January 1, 1903; Longford
Died	January 3, 1968 (aged 65)
Alma mater	Blackrock College, took a degree at University College Dublin and studied state and legal sciences at the University of Dublin.

John Aloysius Belton (1903–1968) was an Irish diplomat.

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From 1926 to 1934 he practised laws on the Midland Circuit
In 1934 he joined the diplomatic service of Ireland and became the first secretary to the Irish Embassy in Paris.
From 1941 to 1946 he was a legation councilor to the Legation of the Republic of Ireland in London.
In 1946 he was Chargé d'affaires in Stockholm.
From 1946 to 1949 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Madrid.
From June 1951 to March 1955 he was Ambassador in Bonn.
From 1964 to 1967 he was Ambassador in Ottawa.[2]

Dermot Keogh, Ireland and Europe, 1919-1948, Gill & MacMillan, Limited, 1988, 256 p., p. 27

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