Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth
Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth KCVO (3 February 1909 – 29 June 1984) was a British diplomat.
He was
HM Diplomatic Service, retiring in 1969, after which was created a life peer and went into business. He was a member of the House of Lords
from 1969 until his death.
Early life
Gore-Booth was educated at
Countess Constance Markievicz
(née Gore-Booth).
Career
Gore-Booth joined the
British High Commissioner in India, 1960–65; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1965–69; and Head of HM Diplomatic Service, 1968–69.[1]
After retirement from the civil service Gore-Booth was a director of Grindlays Bank and the United Kingdom Provident Institution, 1969–1979. He also served as Registrar of the Order of St Michael and St George, from 1966 to 1979,[2] as president of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, 1967–1979; chairman,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1975–1980.[1]
Personal life
After Oxford, in 1940 Gore-Booth married Patricia Mary Ellerton, by whom he had twin sons and two daughters.[1] One of his sons was Sir David Gore-Booth.[3]
Honours and arms
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Works
- With Great Truth and Respect (autobiog.) 1974
- Satow's Guide to Diplomatic Practice, 5th edn, 1978.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Gore-Booth, Baron, (Paul Henry Gore-Booth) (3 Feb. 1909–29 June 1984)", Who Was Who online, 1 December 2007, accessed 4 December 2023 (subscription required)
- ^ www.npg.org.uk
- ^ "Sir David Gore-Booth", The Independent, 4 January 2015, accessed 4 December 2023
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
- ^ "No. 38493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1949. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1957. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 43667". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1965. p. 5474.
- ^ "No. 42301". The London Gazette. 14 March 1961. p. 1923.
- ^ "No. 44890". The London Gazette. 4 July 1969. p. 6971.
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