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Furlonge, Sir Geoffrey Warren, 1903-1984, Knight
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Dates of existence
1903-1984
History
Born 1903; educated at St Paul's School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; entered Levant Consular Service, 1926; served at Casablanca, Morocco, 1928-1931; Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, 1931-1934; Beirut, Lebanon, 1934-1946; Political Officer with HM Forces in the Levant States, 1941-1946; awarded OBE, 1942; Imperial Defence College, 1947; Head of Commonwealth Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-1950; Head of Eastern Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1950-1951; awarded CMG, 1951; Minister (later Ambassador) to Jordan,1952-1954; Minister to Bulgaria, 1954-1956; Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1956-1959; retired and created KBE, 1960; Treasurer of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding; died 1984. Publications: The lands of Barbary (Murray, London, 1966), Palestine is my country: the story of Musa Alami (Murray, London, 1969).
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0099 KCLMA
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Final
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Partial
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F52111)