James Dalton Murray CMG (6 March 1911 – 4 June 1984)[1] was a British former diplomat[2] who ended his career as High Commissioner to Jamaica with additional responsibility for Haiti.[3]
James Dalton Murray | |
|---|---|
| Minister/Ambassador to Romania | |
| In office 1961–1965 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | David Scott Fox |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Glass |
| British High Commissioner to Jamaica | |
| In office 1965–1970 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Alexander Morley |
| Succeeded by | Noel Larmour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1911 |
| Died | 4 June 1984 (aged 73) |
Education
editMurray was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Stowe School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3]
Career
editMurray entered HM Consular Service in 1933. His first posts were in San Francisco and Mexico City. He was 2nd Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington then 1st Secretary and Consul at La Paz. In 1943 he joined the Office of the Commissioner-General for South East Asia in Singapore. Subsequently, Murray was Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi; Counsellor in Lisbon; and Minister to Romania. He was British High Commissioner in Jamaica from 1965 to 1970; and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti from 1966 to 1970, and resident First Secretary and Consul from 1970 to 1976.
References
edit- ^ "James Dalton Murray (1911-1984), Diplomat". NPG. 10 May 1965. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "FOREIGN OFFICE". The London Gazette. No. 42519. 21 November 1961. p. 8445.
The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to appoint, with effect from the dates respectively indicated: James Dalton Murray, Esquire, C.M.G., to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Bucharest (22nd September 1961).
- ^ a b [Anon.] (2024). "Murray, Dalton". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U167482. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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