Alexander Morley
CBE
(6 January 1908 – 19 September 1971) was a British diplomat.
He served as
High Commissioner to Jamaica, then was ambassador of the United Kingdom to Hungary, retiring in 1967.[1]
Early life
The son of Dr Arthur S. Morley
Queen’s College, Oxford
.
Career
In 1930 Morley was appointed to the
Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1940. From 1945 to 1947 he was back at the Burma Office, then served as Economic Adviser to the Lord Privy Seal, from 1947 to 1949. Transferring to the Commonwealth Relations Office, he was Deputy High Commissioner in New Zealand, 1950 to 1952, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, 1954, Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta, 1956, and then High Commissioner in Ceylon, 1957–1962, and British High Commissioner in Jamaica, 1962–65. In 1965 he returned to the Foreign Office and was Ambassador to Hungary, 1965 to 1967.[2]
Private life
In 1939 Morley married Hedy, a daughter of Professor Julius von Landesberger-Antburg, in Vienna. They had one daughter.[3][2]
A member of the Travellers Club, in 1970 he published The Harrap Opera Guide. His address in retirement was 47 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8.[2]
Notes
- ^ "No. 43803". The London Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 10076.
- ^ a b c ‘MORLEY, Sir Alexander’, in Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1920–2016; online edition by Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 11 February 2017 (subscription site)
- ^ The Hungarian Quarterly, Issues 169-172 (2003), p. 121
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