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- 1996 (Creation)
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4to, 1 volume
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Biographical history
Wright, Sir Paul Hervé Giraud, son of Richard Hervé Giraud Wright, sec. White's Club, and Ellen Margaret, d. of Lewis William Mercier; b. 12 May 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1932; John Lewis Partnership 1933-9; KRRC 1939-45 (Maj.), HQ 21 Army Group 1944-5, despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; contested (L) NE Bethnal Green 1945; asst dir. of public relations NCB 1946-8; dir. of public relations Festival of Britain 1948-51; Press Officer UK delegation to United Nations, New York, 1951; OBE 1952; entered HM Foreign Service 1953; 1st Sec. The Hague 1956; Counsellor 1957, Head of FO Information Policy Dept; CMG 1960; Counsellor and Chargé d' Affaires Cairo 1960-1; Counsellor UK delegauon to NATO, Paris, 1961-4; Dir.-Gen. British Information Services New York 1964-8, Minister (Information) Washington DC 1965-8; HM Ambassador to the Congo (now Zaire) 1968-71; HM Ambassador to Lebanon 1971-5; KCMG June 1975; special representative of the Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs 1975-8; chairman Irvin (GB) Ltd 1979-88; FRSA; a Busby Trustee 1977-; Pres. Elizabethan Club 1988-; author of A Brittle Glory (autobiog.) 1986; m. 23 May 1942 Beatrice Frederika Rathbone MP, widow of Flt Lieut. John Rankin Rathbone RAVFR MP, and d. of Frank Roland Clough of Boston, Mass., USA; d. 10 June 2005.
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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
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A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Final
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- English
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- Latin