Ralph Stevenson

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Biography

He was the son of Surgeon-General, H.W. Stevenson and was educated at Wellington College and University College, Oxford. He married Helen Barbara Izabel Boreel on 27 October 1921 and they had one son and divorced in 1944.[2] He had served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, becoming Captain in 1917. His diplomatic career began as 3rd Secretary to the Diplomatic Service in 1919; 2nd Secretary in 1921 and 1st Secretary in 1928. Moving through positions of acting Counselor (1937); Counselor (1938) he became Minister in 1941. During this period he served with the Foreign Office in missions at Copenhagen, Berlin, Sofia, The Hague, Cairo and Barcelona.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1943, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Yugoslavia, a post he held until 1946.[3] He was the British Ambassador to China from 1946 to 1950.[4] Stevenson was Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Egypt from 1950 to 1953 and later on to the Republic of Egypt from 1953 to 1955. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man from 1955 to 1970, as well as Captain of the Parish of Arbory from 1963 to 1976.[5]

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Diplomatic posts
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to the Foreign Secretary

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Vacant
Title next held by
Humphrey Trevelyan
as Chargé d'affaires ad interim
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