L. Dana Wilgress
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Leolyn Dana Wilgress | |
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Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1949–1952 | |
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Norman Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Norman Robertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 20, 1892 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Died | July 21, 1969 (aged 76) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Leolyn Dana Wilgress, CC (October 20, 1892 – July 21, 1969) was a Canadian diplomat.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Henry T. and Helene M. (Empev), Wilgress was educated in Vancouver, Yokohama Japan, Victoria and at McGill University. He married Olga Buergin on June 4, 1919 and they had three children.
He was a Junior Trade Commissioner in 1914, Canadian Trade Commissioner, Omsk, Russia in 1916 and Trade Commissioner in Vladivostok in 1918. In early 1922, he was Trade Commissioner in Hamburg, Germany. He became Director of the Commercial Intelligence Service in Ottawa in 1932; was an adviser at the Ottawa Imperial Conference in 1932, an adviser at the World Economic Conference at London in 1933; a negotiator in Washington for Canada–U.S. Trade Agreement, 1936–1938. He was appointed Minister to the U.S.S.R. for the period 1942–1943.
He was Canadian
In 1953 he received a Doctor of Laws,
