Lord Gore-Booth was educated at Eton and Balliol. After Oxford, he married in 1940, Patricia Mary Ellerton, by whom he had twin sons, one of whom was Sir David Gore-Booth, and two daughters. His aunt was the Irish republican and socialist revolutionary, CountessConstance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth).[2]
Gore-Booth was an adviser at the time of the ChagossianDiaspora in 1968, and apparently supported their expulsion.
Honours and arms
Coat of arms of Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth
Crest
1st a lion passant (Booth); 2nd a wolf rampant (Gore).
Escutcheon
Quarterly of six: 1st grandquarterly 1st & 4th Argent three boars' heads couped and erect Sable 2nd & 3rd Gules a fess between three cross-crosslets Or; 2nd Argent on a fess Sable three bezants; 3rd Argent a lion's head erased between three crescents Gules; 4th Gules three cinquefoils Argent; 5th Gules on a bend Or three martlets; 6th chequy Azure and Argent a fess Gules.
Motto
Booth: Quod Erad Spero (I Hope For What I Shall Be) Gore: In Hoc Signo Vinces (Under This Sign Thou Shalt Conquer) [3]
paul, gore, booth, baron, gore, booth, paul, henry, gore, booth, baron, gore, booth, gcmg, kcvo, february, 1909, june, 1984, british, diplomat, served, with, distinction, diplomatic, service, retirement, held, following, appointments, director, grindlays, bank. Paul Henry Gore Booth Baron Gore Booth GCMG KCVO 3 February 1909 29 June 1984 was a British diplomat He served with distinction in HM Diplomatic Service and in retirement held the following appointments Director Grindlays Bank 1969 79 United Kingdom Provident Institution 1969 79 and Registrar of the Order of St Michael and St George 1966 79 1 Gore Booth in 1968 Lord Gore Booth was educated at Eton and Balliol After Oxford he married in 1940 Patricia Mary Ellerton by whom he had twin sons one of whom was Sir David Gore Booth and two daughters His aunt was the Irish republican and socialist revolutionary Countess Constance Markievicz nee Gore Booth 2 Contents 1 Career 2 Honours and arms 3 Works 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditGore Booth joined the British Foreign Service in 1933 serving in the Foreign Office in London from 1933 to 1936 and then was stationed in Vienna 1936 37 Tokyo 1938 42 and Washington 1942 45 where he attended the Hot Springs Food Conference in 1943 He returned to the Foreign Office in London 1945 49 attending the UNRRA Conference 1943 the Chicago Civil Aviation Conference 1944 the San Francisco Conference 1945 and the UN Assembly January and October 1946 as Secretary of the UK Delegation and in 1947 as the British Representative Group of Four Drafting Convention setting up the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development He served as Head of the UN Economic and Social and Refugees Departments 1947 48 Head of European Recovery Department Foreign Office 1948 49 Director of British Information Services in United States 1949 53 Ambassador to Burma 1953 56 Deputy Under Secretary Economic Affairs Foreign Office 1956 60 British High Commissioner in India 1960 65 Permanent Under Secretary of State Foreign Office 1965 69 and Head of HM Diplomatic Service 1968 69 Gore Booth also served as President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London 1967 79 Chairman Save the Children Fund 1970 76 Chairman Windsor Music Festival 1971 73 Member Disasters Emergency Committee 1974 77 Chairman Board of Governors School of Oriental and African Studies University of London 1975 80 Gore Booth was an adviser at the time of the Chagossian Diaspora in 1968 and apparently supported their expulsion Honours and arms EditCoat of arms of Paul Gore Booth Baron Gore Booth Crest 1st a lion passant Booth 2nd a wolf rampant Gore Escutcheon Quarterly of six 1st grandquarterly 1st amp 4th Argent three boars heads couped and erect Sable 2nd amp 3rd Gules a fess between three cross crosslets Or 2nd Argent on a fess Sable three bezants 3rd Argent a lion s head erased between three crescents Gules 4th Gules three cinquefoils Argent 5th Gules on a bend Or three martlets 6th chequy Azure and Argent a fess Gules Motto Booth Quod Erad Spero I Hope For What I Shall Be Gore In Hoc Signo Vinces Under This Sign Thou Shalt Conquer 3 CMG 1949 4 KCMG 1957 5 GCMG 1965 6 KCVO 1961 7 Life Peer as Baron Gore Booth of Maltby in the West Riding of the County of York cr 2 July 1969 8 Works EditWith Great Truth and Respect autobiog 1974 Satow s Guide to Diplomatic Practice 5th edn 1978 See also EditGore baronets Booth baronetsReferences Edit www npg org uk www thepeerage com Debrett s Peerage 1973 No 38493 The London Gazette Supplement 1 January 1949 p 5 No 40960 The London Gazette Supplement 1 January 1957 p 5 No 43667 The London Gazette Supplement 12 June 1965 p 5474 No 42301 The London Gazette 14 March 1961 p 1923 No 44890 The London Gazette 4 July 1969 p 6971 External links Editwww burkespeerage comDiplomatic postsPreceded byMalcolm MacDonald High Commissioner to India1960 1965 Succeeded byJohn Freeman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Gore Booth Baron Gore Booth amp oldid 1123248073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
