Charalambos Simopoulos

Charalambos John Simopoulos (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Σιμόπουλος; 1874-1942)[2] was a Greek diplomat who was ambassador to the Court of St. James in London at the beginning of the Second World War.[3]

Charalambos John Simopoulos
Χαράλαμπος Σιμόπουλος
Simopoulos at the White House in 1924
Greek Ambassador to the United States
In office
December 12, 1924 – April 26, 1935
Preceded byKonstantinos D. Xanthopoulos, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
Succeeded byDimitrios Sikelianos
Greek Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
November 1, 1934 – 1942
Preceded byDimitrios Kaklamanos
Succeeded byAthanasios Agnidis
Personal details
Born(1874-07-01)July 1, 1874[1]
DiedOctober 24, 1942(1942-10-24) (aged 68)
London
Spouse(s)Mme. Simopoulos was British-born.
MotherSophie Veropoulos
Alma materDoctor of Divinity in Laws University of Athens, further studies in France and Germany

After studying law at the University of Athens, he entered the diplomatic corps in 1901, serving as secretary and dean of the consulates of Alexandria, Mersin, Constantinople. From 1914 to 1919 he was employed at the legations in Paris and Rome. From 1920 to 1921 he was the first ambassador of Greece to Czechoslovakia. In 1922 he was Greek High Commissioner of the Occupation of Constantinople.

On December 12, 1924 he became Minister to Washington, D.C..[4] In 1934 he was appointed Minister to Great Britain, and in May 1942 the Greek legation was raised to the status of an embassy.

His son was the Oxford University academic John Simopoulos.[5]

Simopoulos's funeral was held at St Sophia's Cathedral, Moscow Road, London.[6]

References
  1. SIMOPOULOS, Charalambos, Jean, Min, of Greece in Washington, U.S.A.; * July 1874; s. of a Professor and Sophie Veropoulos; Educ.: DD.L. Univ. of Athens, further studies in France and Germany; married; entered diplom. serv. in 1901, serv. in Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria, Serbia, France, Engl., Min... in Czecho-Slov; Hung., H. Comm. in Constantinople, Min. U.S.A. since 1924. Stephen Taylor, Who's who in Central and East Europe, Central European Times Publishing Company, 1935, p. 896
  2. National Portrait Gallery, London,
  4. Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C.
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11499576/John-Simopoulos-Oxford-don-obituary.html
  6. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-funeral-of-the-greek-ambassador-m-charalambos-news-photo/138584437


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