Alvary Gascoigne
Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne GBE, KCMG (6 August 1893 – 18 April 1970) was a British diplomat.[1]
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Early life
Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne was born on 6 August 1893. He was the son of Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne and Laura Gwendolen Douglas Galton.[2]
He married Sylvia Wilder in 1916; and two children were born from that union:
- Douglas Wilder Trench-Gascoigne (11 November 1917–August 1944)[2]
- Yvonne Studd-Trench-Gascoigne (5 May 1919 – 17 January 1973)[2]
His first marriage ended in divorce in 1935; and he remarried in the same year to Lorna Priscilla Leatham.[2]
On the death of his father in 1937,[3] he inherited Lotherton Hall, which was the ancestral home of the Gascoigne baronets.[4]
Career
Gascoigne began military service in the First World War as a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry dragoons.[5] In 1915, he was transferred to the Coldstream Guards (Royal Field Artillery).[6]
Gascoigne's career as a diplomat lasted from 1921 through 1953.[2] In 1925, he was appointed as Second Secretary in the Foreign Office;[7] and he was promoted to First Secretary in 1933.[8]
In August 1939, Gascoigne was named Consul-General for the Tangier Zone and the Spanish Zone of the Protectorate of Morocco, to reside at Tangier.[9]
In August 1941, Gascoigne was promoted to the diplomatic rank of embassy Counsellor.[10]
Gascoigne was the British "Political Representative" in Japan from 1946 through 1951.[11] In 1947 when he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[12] He left Tokyo in 1951.[13]
Sir Alvary was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Moscow on 18 October, 1951.[14] In December 1951, he was honored as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.[15]
Later years
Sir Alvary lived in retirement at Lotherton Hall. In 1968, he presented the Hall and grounds to Leeds City Council.[16] He died on 18 April 1970 at age 76; and the London Gazette published a notice of Sir Alvary's death.[1]
Honours
- Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG), 1947.[12]
- Order of St Michael and St George. Knight Grand Cross (GCMG), 1952.[15]
- Order of the British Empire, Knight Grand Cross (GBE).[15]
See also
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Russia
- Anglo-Japanese relations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[unreliable source?];The London Gazette: no. 45089. p. 4854. 28 April 1970. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[unreliable source?], citing Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (Charles Mosley, ed.), 1999, vol. 1, p. 124.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34438. p. 5987. 24 September 1937. Retrieved 2011-05-18.; The London Gazette: no. 34509. p. 3014. 10 May 1938. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ Leeds City Council, Lotherton Hall
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28791. p. 259. 9 January 1914. Retrieved 2011-05-18.; The London Gazette: no. 28947. p. 8491. 20 October 1914. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31256. p. 4107. 28 March 1919. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33050. p. 3550. 26 May 1925. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33983. p. 6352. 3 October 1933. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34711. p. 6949. 17 November 1939. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35414. p. 194. 9 January 1942. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present, p. 214., p. 214, at Google Books
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The London Gazette: no. 38161. p. 7. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 2011-05-18.; 3rd grade The London Gazette: no. 38262. p. 2411. 16 April 1948. Retrieved 2011-05-18.; 2nd grade The London Gazette: no. 38952. p. 3257. 23 June 1950. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ UK Hansard, HC Deb 21 March 1951 vol 485 cc2413-4; retrieved 2011-05-18
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39513. p. 2013. 11 April 1952. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 The London Gazette: no. 39732. p. 21. 30 December 1952. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ↑ Leodis, Lotherton Hall, Sir Alvary Gascoigne; retrieved 2011-05-18
References
- Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589
External links
- UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission
