| 词条 | Humphrey Maud |
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The Honourable Sir Humphrey Maud {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (17 April 1934 – 10 November 2013) was a British diplomat.[1] LifeHumphrey Maud was the son of the civil servant and diplomat John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud and his wife, the pianist Jean Hamilton.[1] He attended Eton College, where he was a favourite of Benjamin Britten - Britten dedicated The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra to Humphrey and his siblings - though Humphrey's father eventually intervened to stop him spending so much time with Britten during the holidays.[2] Maud studied classics and history at King's College, Cambridge. After a year teaching classics at the University of Minnesota, he entered the Foreign Service in 1959.[1] Maud was the British Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1982–85, and the British Ambassador to Argentina from 1990-93.[3] In 1993 he became Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General with responsibility for economic and social affairs,[1] holding the post until he retired in 1999. References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27027|title=MAUD, Hon. Sir Humphrey (John Hamilton)|work=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=7 November 2012}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maud, Humphrey}}{{UK-diplomat-stub}}2. ^John Bridcut, Britten's Children, Faber and Faber, 2006. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf|title=British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010|publisher=Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com|accessdate=2 October 2012}} 7 : Alumni of King's College, Cambridge|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg|Commonwealth Deputy Secretaries-General|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|1934 births|2013 deaths |
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