Ced Kellway | |
Birth Name: | Cedric Vernon Kellway |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1892 |
Birth Place: | Condah, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Bath, Somerset, England |
Occupation: | Public servant, diplomat |
Nationality: | Australian |
Cedric Vernon "Ced" Kellway (2 July 189214 June 1963) was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
Kellway joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1908,[1] in the Treasury.
In September 1945, Kellway was appointed Consul-General in New York.[1] Four years later, in September 1949, Kellway was named as the first Minister to Italy.[2] Kellway and his family left directly from New York for Rome in October 1949.[3] While Kellway was Minister to Italy his daughter Anne met Lieutenant Jeffrey Francis and was married in Rome, in 1953.[4] [5]
Kellway was appointed Minister to Brazil in 1954.[6] While posted in Brazil, Kellway's wife was flown to New York for successful surgery, on the advice of physicians.[7]
Kellway retired to Bath, Somerset. He died on 14 June 1963.[8]