Ronald Hugh Campbell

Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell GCMG PC (27 September 1883 – 15 November 1953) was a British diplomat who held several important positions including that of British ambassador to France from July 1939 to 22 June 1940, when the armistice between Germany and France was signed at Compiègne.[1][2]

He was appointed British ambassador in Paris from the post of British envoy to Yugoslavia,[3] a considerable jump in promotion that was extremely rare in the diplomatic service. Such an important position is normally reserved for diplomats who have passed through several legations and other embassies. However, it was long recognized that Campbell possessed outstanding abilities.[4] Following the fall of France in June 1940, he was evacuated through Saint-Jean-de-Luz on HMS Galatea[5] on 24 June and returned to London. In November of the same year he was transferred to Lisbon to act as British ambassador.[6] He retired from the Foreign Office at the end of his period of service as British ambassador to Portugal in July 1945.[2]

Sources

Campbell, Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Hugh, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
Balfour, John; Adamthwaite, Anthony (2016) [2004]. "Campbell, Sir Ronald Hugh (1883–1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32273. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"No. 34222". The London Gazette. 22 November 1935. p. 7412.
The Paris Embassy – Sir Ronald Campbell's Promotion, The Times, London, 15 July 1939, page 12
"Operation Aerial".
Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell (obituary), The Times, London, 17 November 1953, page 10

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Nevile Henderson	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade 1935–1939	Succeeded by Sir Ronald I. Campbell
Preceded by Sir Eric Phipps	British Ambassador to France 1939–1940	Vacant German occupation of France during World War II Title next held by Duff Cooper
Preceded by Sir Walford Selby	British Ambassador to Portugal 1940–1945	Succeeded by Sir Owen O'Malley

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[1] Campbell, Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Hugh, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

[ODNB-2] Balfour, John; Adamthwaite, Anthony (2016) [2004]. "Campbell, Sir Ronald Hugh (1883–1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32273. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] "No. 34222". The London Gazette. 22 November 1935. p. 7412.

[4] The Paris Embassy – Sir Ronald Campbell's Promotion, The Times, London, 15 July 1939, page 12

[5] "Operation Aerial".

[6] Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell (obituary), The Times, London, 17 November 1953, page 10

Ronald Hugh Campbell

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