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Sir Harold Smedley KCMG MBE (19 June 1920 – 16 February 2004) was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries. ==Career== Harold Smedley was educated at Aldenham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During World War II he served in the Royal Marines and was an officer in 48 Commando at the Normandy landings in 1944. In 1946 he entered the Dominions Office (which became the Commonwealth Relations Office in the following year). He served as private secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary 1947–48; in the British High Commissioner's office in Wellington, New Zealand, 1948–50; at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 1951–53; as principal private secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1954–57; and with the rank of Counsellor in the High Commissioner's offices at Calcutta in 1957 and New Delhi 1958–60. Smedley was High Commissioner in Ghana 1964–67〔(New Commissioner In Ghana ), ''The Times'', London, 6 November 1963, page 10〕 (with a break from December 1965 to March 1966 when the Ghanaian president, Kwame Nkrumah, broke off diplomatic relations over Rhodesia). He was Ambassador to Laos 1968–70;〔(The London Gazette, 2 February 1968 )〕 Assistant Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970–72; secretary-general to Lord Pearce's Commission on Rhodesian opinion (of a proposed settlement) 1971–72; High Commissioner in Sri Lanka and non-resident Ambassador to the Maldives 1973–75;〔(The London Gazette, 10 April 1973 )〕 High Commissioner in New Zealand and concurrently Governor of the Pitcairn Islands 1976–80;〔(The London Gazette, 13 February 1976 )〕 and also non-resident High Commissioner in Western Samoa 1977–80. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Smedley was chairman of the London board of Bank of New Zealand 1983–89 and a member of West Sussex County Council 1989–93. He was president of the Hakluyt Society 1987–92. Smedley was appointed MBE in the New Year Honours of 1946 for his wartime service,〔(Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1946 )〕 CMG in the New Year Honours of 1965〔(Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1965 )〕 and knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1978.〔(Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1977 )〕 He was made a Serving Brother of the Order of St John in 1963.〔(The London Gazette, 2 July 1963 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Smedley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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