Herbert Gybbon-Monypenny Explained

Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny
Occupation:	British diplomat
Birth Date:	1895 10, df=yes

Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny CBE (1895–1988) was a British diplomat.

Biography

Born on 2 October 1895, Herbert Gybbon-Monypenny was educated at Bedford School. He entered the British Diplomatic Service and was Consul-General in Tunis, between 1943 and 1944, Oriental Counsellor at the British Embassy in Tehran, between 1944 and 1946, Consul-General in Frankfurt, between 1946 and 1951, Consul-General in Jerusalem, between 1951 and 1953, and British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, between 1953 and 1955.^{[1] [2]}

Herbert Gybbon-Monypenny was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953.^[3] He retired from Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1955 and died on 22 February 1988, aged 92.

Notes and References

1. Obituary, The Times, 26 February 1988, p.18
2. Web site: The London Gazette . PDF . 26 November 1943 . Thegazette.co.uk . 2016-05-05.
3. Web site: Supplement to The London Gazette . PDF . 1 January 1953 . Thegazette.co.uk . 2016-05-05.