Charles Ritchie (diplomat)
Charles Ritchie | |
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High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Lionel Chevrier |
| Succeeded by | Jake Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie September 23, 1906 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Died | June 7, 1995 (aged 88) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Relations | Roland Ritchie, brother |
Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie, diarist.
Born in
While Ritchie's career as a diplomat marked him as an important person in the history of
Canadian foreign relations, he became famous through the publication of his diaries, first The Siren Years, and then three follow-ups. The diaries document both his diplomatic career and his private life, including the beginning of his long love affair with the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, which began in 1941 when he was still single and she married, survived through his marriage in 1948 and long periods of separation, lasting until Bowen's death in 1973.[1]
In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for services in the field of diplomacy".[3] He received honorary doctorates from Trent University (1976),[4] York University (1992)[5] and Carleton University (1992).[6]
Ritchie came from a prominent family in Nova Scotia. His brother, Roland Ritchie, continuing a family tradition in the law, was a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.[7]
Selected works
- The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937–1945 Toronto: Macmillan, 1974. ISBN 0-7710-7526-X, winner of the 1974 Governor General's Awardfor non-fiction.
- An Appetite for Life: The Education of a Young Diarist, 1924–1927 Toronto: Macmillan, 1977. ISBN 0-7705-1573-8.
- Diplomatic Passport Toronto: Macmillan, 1981. ISBN 0-7715-9587-5.
- Storm Signals Toronto: Macmillan, 1983. ISBN 0-7715-9782-7.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0771035661.
- ISBN 0802007619.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "Trent Honorary Graduates And Eminent Service Award Winners". Trent University. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees Recipients". York University.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954". Carleton University. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ^ "Roland A. Ritchie". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012.
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