John Russell (diplomat)

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Sir
John Russell
CMG
British Ambassador to Ethiopia
Personal details
Born
John Wriothesley Russell

(1914-08-22)22 August 1914
Died3 August 1984(1984-08-03) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
SpouseAliki Diplarakou
Children2
ParentThomas Wentworth Russell (father)
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge (B.A.)
OccupationDiplomat

Sir John Wriothesley Russell

CMG
(22 August 1914 – 3 August 1984) was a British diplomat and ambassador.

He was the only son of Thomas Wentworth Russell, better known as Russell Pasha, who was descended from John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.

He was educated at

GCVO in 1968, and British Ambassador to Spain
, 1969 – 1974.

He was married to Aliki Diplarakou, the first Greek Miss Europe, and had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Georgiana.

He was interviewed briefly in the famous documentary series

The World At War
in 1973.

Ancestry

References

  • Charles Mosley, editor, "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 321.