John Hall Magowan Explained

Sir John Hall Magowan, was a British diplomat. Raised in Mountnorris, Co. Armagh, he was educated at the Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin. He married Winifred Isabel and had a daughter, Ann Isabel Magowan, and two sons, William Andrew Magowan and David Magowan.

He served as British Ambassador to Venezuela from 1948 to 1951,[1] and died while back in Northern Ireland on leave on 5 April 1951.[2] He had been appointed British Ambassador to Thailand in December 1950, but died before he could present his credentials.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Previous ambassadors in Venezuela. British Embassy Caracas. 23 October 2010.
  2. Web site: Irish Gravestone Inscriptions, Tracing your Irish Ancestors: Infant Mortality . 21 October 2010 . 11 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172235/http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=522&page=472&prevStartQuery=2355&theme=Infant&Send=Send . dead .