Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie
Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, 1st Baron Currie,
Background and education
Currie was the son of
Diplomatic career
Currie joined the Foreign Office in 1854. He was an attaché at
From 24 November to 21 December 1898, Currie was one of the British Government delegates to the Rome Anti-Anarchist Congress, with Sir Howard Vincent and Sir Godfrey Lushington.
Personal life
Currie married Mary, daughter of Charles James Savile Montgomerie Lamb and widow of Henry Sydenham Singleton, in 1894. She was a poet under the pen-name Violet Fane. There were no children from the marriage. She died in October 1905, aged 62. Lord Currie survived her by a year and died in May 1906, aged 71. The title became extinct on his death.[1]
Assessments
According to Keith Neilson and T. G. Otte, "Philip Currie was not a great permanent head of the Foreign Office... More than any other PUS, Currie was the creature of one of his political masters [Salisbury]."[9]
References
- ^ a b c Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, 1st and last Baron Currie of Hawley, thepeerage.com
- ^ CURRIE, 1st Baron, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
- ^ "No. 26474". The London Gazette. 9 January 1894. p. 174.
- ^ "No. 26984". The London Gazette. 5 July 1898. p. 4063.
- ^ "No. 24609". The London Gazette. 30 July 1878. p. 4367.
- ^ "No. 25535". The London Gazette. 1 December 1885. p. 5817.
- ^ "No. 26312". The London Gazette. 2 August 1892. p. 4375.
- ^ "No. 27047". The London Gazette. 31 January 1899. p. 602.
- ^ Neilson, Keith; Otte, T. G. (2008). The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946. Routledge. p. 91.
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