Daniel Lascelles (diplomat)

Sir 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.

Sir Daniel Lascelles KCMG
British Ambassador to Japan
In office 1957–1959
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Sir Esler Dening
Succeeded by	Sir Oscar Morland
British Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office 1953–1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Eric Ralph Lingeman
Succeeded by	Sir Michael Cavenagh Gillett
British Ambassador to Ethiopia
In office 1949–1951
Monarch	George VI Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Himself (as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
Succeeded by	Douglas Busk
Personal details
Born	19 March 1902
Died	17 October 1967 (aged 65)
Relatives	Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (grandfather)
Education	Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Early life

Lascelles was the son of the Honourable William Horace Lascelles, eighth son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. His mother was Madeline Barton, daughter of Reverend Gerrard Barton. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight; at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon; and at Balliol College, Oxford.[1]

Career

After an open competition in 1926, Lescelles earned a position 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 Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa and then Consul-General to the Empire of Ethiopia.[6] In 1949-1951, he became 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. Peerage: Sir Daniel William Lascelles, ID#20130; retrieved 2011-05-20
2. "No. 33218". The London Gazette. 5 November 1926. p. 7141.; "No. 33227". The London Gazette. 7 December 1926. p. 7999.
3. "No. 33788". The London Gazette. 8 January 1932. p. 195.
4. "No. 34496". The London Gazette. 25 March 1938. p. 2004.
5. "No. 37828". The London Gazette. 24 December 1946. p. 6253.
6. "No. 38398". The London Gazette. 7 September 1948. p. 4865.; "No. 38565". The London Gazette. 18 March 1949. p. 1384.; "No. 38702". The London Gazette. 30 August 1949. p. 4189.
7. "No. 40032". The London Gazette. 1 December 1953. p. 6533.
8. "No. 41244". The London Gazette. 3 December 1957. p. 7057.
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., 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. ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589
• Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. 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. 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. ISBN 9781857110333; OCLC 224083430

External links

• UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission