Ian Henderson (diplomat)

Sir Ian Henderson
KBE CMG
British Ambassador to Panama
In office
1955–1960
Preceded byEric Cleugh
Succeeded bySir Edgar Vaughan
British Ambassador to Paraguay
In office
1949–1953
Preceded byJohn Fell
Succeeded byJoseph Robinson
Personal details
Born6 July 1901
Died11 May 1971 (aged 69)
Torquay
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat

Sir Ian Leslie Henderson (6 July 1901 – 11 May 1971) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Paraguay from 1949 to 1953 and ambassador to Panama from 1955 to 1960.

Early life and education

Henderson was born on 6 July 1901, the eldest son of Lieut-Col Hugh Leslie Henderson and Martha Saumarez (née Grosvenor). He was educated at Rugby School, where he was a Derby Scholar and head of the school, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a M.A. in Literae humaniores.[1][2][3]

Career

Henderson entered the Consular Service in 1924,[4] and was posted to Genoa in 1926; Zurich in 1928; Lourengo Marques in 1930; Antwerp in 1932; and Innsbruck in 1933. From 1938, he served as an official observer in the Sudeten-German districts of Czechoslovakia with rank of second secretary. In 1939, he served as consul at Rosario, and in the following year was transferred to San Salvador, and appointed chargé d’affaires with the rank of first secretary. From 1942 to 1945, he was employed at the Foreign Office and promoted to first secretary there in 1945.[1][2][3]

In 1946, he served as counsellor (commercial) at Prague. In 1949, he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and consul-general at Asuncion, Paraguay[5] and then served as ambassador there from 1952 to 1953.[6] After serving as consul-general at Rotterdam, he was appointed ambassador at Panama in 1954, a post he held until his retirement in 1960.[1][2][3][7]

Personal life and death

Henderson married Phyllis Mary Thornton in 1927. He had no children.[1][2]

Henderson died on 11 May 1971 at Torquay, aged 69.[1][3]

Honours

Henderson was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1952 Birthday Honours,[8]  and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1958 New Year Honours.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 A. & C. Black (Publishers) Ltd. (1981). Who was who, 1971-1980 : a companion to Who's who. Internet Archive. London : A. & C. Black. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-7136-2176-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 [Great Britain] Foreign Office (1960). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book 1960. 133rd Publication [Great Britain]. p. 236.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sir Ian Henderson". The Times. 12 May 1971. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "No. 32989". The London Gazette. 7 November 1924. p. 8054.
  5. ↑ "No. 38702". The London Gazette. 30 August 1949. p. 4189.
  6. ↑ "No. 39619". The London Gazette. 8 August 1952. p. 4245.
  7. ↑ "No. 40470". The London Gazette. 6 May 1955. p. 2618.
  8. ↑ "No. 39555". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1952. p. 3012.
  9. ↑ "No. 41268". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1958. p. 21.
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