Stewart Wolfe Jamieson Explained

Stewart Wolfe Jamieson
Birth Date:4 January 1903
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales
Death Place:Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Diplomat
Alma Mater:University of Sydney

Stewart Wolfe Jamieson CBE (4 January 1903 – 4 May 1975) was an Australian diplomat, journalist, and lawyer.

After attending The King's School, Sydney, Jamieson graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts before studying law at the University of Oxford. He worked as a lawyer and journalist in the late 1920s and the 1930s, and enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. After the war, he joined Australia's diplomatic service. In a 20-year diplomatic career, he held a number of consular and ambassadorial posts, including as Australia's high commissioner to Ghana (1958–1960), ambassador to Brazil (1960–1962), ambassador to the Soviet Union (1962–1965) and Aabassador to Sweden (1964–1965).[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jamieson, Stewart Wolfe (1903–1975). Dermody. Kathleen. 1996. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. 3 November 2014.
  2. News: Obituary: Mr Stewart Wolfe Jamieson. 6 May 1975. Canberra Times. 9.