After Oxford, in 1940 Gore-Booth married Patricia Mary Ellerton, by whom he had twin sons and two daughters.[1] One of his sons was Sir David Gore-Booth.[3]
Honours and armsedit
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)[4]
^ abcd"Gore-Booth, Baron, (Paul Henry Gore-Booth) (3 Feb. 1909–29 June 1984)", Who Was Who online, 1 December 2007, accessed 4 December 2023 (subscription required)
paul, gore, booth, baron, gore, booth, paul, henry, gore, booth, baron, gore, booth, gcmg, kcvo, february, 1909, june, 1984, british, diplomat, gore, booth, 1968, british, high, commissioner, india, 1960, 1965, then, permanent, under, secretary, state, foreign. Paul Henry Gore Booth Baron Gore Booth GCMG KCVO 3 February 1909 29 June 1984 was a British diplomat Gore Booth in 1968 He was British High Commissioner to India 1960 to 1965 then Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Head of HM Diplomatic Service retiring in 1969 after which was created a life peer and went into business He was a member of the House of Lords from 1969 until his death Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Honours and arms 5 Works 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editGore Booth was educated at Eton and Balliol 1 His aunt was the Irish republican and socialist revolutionary Countess Constance Markievicz nee Gore Booth Career 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 1 After retirement from the civil service Gore Booth was a director of Grindlays Bank and the United Kingdom Provident Institution 1969 1979 He also served as Registrar of the Order of St Michael and St George from 1966 to 1979 2 as president of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London 1967 1979 chairman Save the Children Fund 1970 1976 chairman Windsor Music Festival 1971 1973 member Disasters Emergency Committee 1974 77 chairman board of governors School of Oriental and African Studies University of London 1975 1980 1 Personal life editAfter Oxford in 1940 Gore Booth married Patricia Mary Ellerton by whom he had twin sons and two daughters 1 One of his sons was Sir David Gore Booth 3 Honours and arms editCoat of arms of Paul Gore Booth Baron Gore Booth nbsp nbsp 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 4 nbsp CMG 1949 5 KCMG 1957 6 GCMG 1965 7 nbsp KCVO 1961 8 Life Peer as Baron Gore Booth of Maltby in the West Riding of the County of York cr 2 July 1969 9 Works editWith Great Truth and Respect autobiog 1974 Satow s Guide to Diplomatic Practice 5th edn 1978 See also editGore baronets Booth baronetsReferences edit a b c d Gore Booth Baron Paul Henry Gore Booth 3 Feb 1909 29 June 1984 Who Was Who online 1 December 2007 accessed 4 December 2023 subscription required www npg org uk Sir David Gore Booth The Independent 4 January 2015 accessed 4 December 2023 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 com Diplomatic posts Preceded 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 1220970252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
