George Middleton (diplomat) explained

Sir George Humphrey Middleton
Birth Date:	21 January 1910
Occupation:	Diplomat
Spouse:	Elizabeth Rosalie Okeden Francoise Sarthou

Sir George Humphrey Middleton (21 January 1910^[1] – 12 February 1998^[2]) was a British diplomat.

He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Lebanon (1956–1958),^[3] Argentina (1961–1964) and Egypt (1964–1965).^[4] He was also Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency and Chargé d'affaires in Iran during the Abadan Crisis.^[5]

Personal life

He married first in 1934, Elizabeth Rosalie Okeden (Tina) Pockley, the Australian detective novelist Elizabeth Antill. They divorced and he then married Francoise Sarthou, (1927–2019), an interior decorator and patron of the international charity Children and Families Across Borders. She was formerly married to the French diplomat Philip Dahan-Bouchard.

References

General

• Web site: Frank . Brenchley . George Middleton . . . subscription required . 10.1093/ref:odnb/69411 . September 2004 . 2009-05-03.

Specific

Notes and References

1. 21 January 1993 . Birthdays . . 2009-05-09.
2. 23 April 1998 . Obituaries: Magdalen College . . 2009-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401225313/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1997-8/weekly/230498/coll.htm#6Ref . 1 April 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: Previous Ambassadors . UK in Lebanon: The official website for the British Embassy in Lebanon . 2009-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303101237/http://ukinlebanon.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-lebanon/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors . 2009-03-03 .
4. Web site: Previous Ambassadors . https://web.archive.org/web/20090504234327/http://ukinegypt.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-egypt/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors . UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt . 2009-05-04 . 2009-05-02 . dead .
5. Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Edited by Mark j. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, Syracuse University Press, 2004, p.52