Ronald Hugh Campbell

For other people named Ronald Campbell, see Ronald Campbell.

Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell GCMG PC (27 September 1883 – 15 November 1953) was a British diplomat who held several important positions including that of British ambassador to France from July 1939 to 22 June 1940, when the armistice between Germany and France was signed at Compiègne.[1][2]

He was appointed British ambassador in Paris from the post of British envoy to Yugoslavia[3] – a considerable jump in promotion which was extremely rare in the diplomatic service. Such an important position is normally reserved for diplomats who have passed through several legations and other embassies. However, it was long recognized that Campbell possessed outstanding abilities.[4] Following the fall of France in June 1940, he was evacuated through Saint-Jean-de-Luz on HMS Galatea[5] and returned to London. In November of the same year he was transferred to Lisbon to act as British ambassador.[6] He retired from the Foreign Office at the end of his period of service as British ambassador to Portugal in July 1945.[2]

Further reading

Notes and Sources

  1. ↑ Campbell, Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Hugh, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  2. 1 2 Balfour, John; Adamthwaite, Anthony (2016) [2004]. "Campbell, Sir Ronald Hugh (1883–1953)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32273. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34222. p. 7412. 22 November 1935.
  4. ↑ The Paris Embassy – Sir Ronald Campbell's Promotion, The Times, London, 15 July 1939, page 12
  5. ↑ "Operation Aerial".
  6. ↑ Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell (obituary), The Times, London, 17 November 1953, page 10
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Nevile Henderson		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade
1935–1939 		Succeeded by
Sir Ronald I. Campbell
Preceded by
Sir Eric Phipps		 British Ambassador to France
1939–1940 		Vacant
Title next held by
Duff Cooper
Preceded by
Sir Walford Selby		 British Ambassador to Portugal
1940–1945 		Succeeded by
Sir Owen O'Malley


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