George Ogilvie-Forbes
British diplomat (1891–1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir George Arthur Drostan Ogilvie-Forbes KCMG[1] (6 December 1891 – 10 July 1954) was a British diplomat who held two key postings in the years leading up to the Second World War, as chargé d'affaires in Madrid and Valencia 1936 to 1937 and as counsellor and chargé d'affaires in Berlin from 1937 to 1939.[2] He was known for his humanitarian efforts in both positions.[3] In 2008, his name was included on a plaque in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London commemorating seven British diplomats "who by their personal endeavours helped to rescue victims of Nazi racial policy".[4] In 2018, he was a posthumous recipient of the British Hero of the Holocaust award.
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Born | George Arthur Drostan Ogilvie-Forbes (1891-12-16)16 December 1891 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 10 July 1954(1954-07-10) (aged 62) Boyndie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |