Sir Ronald Ian Campbell CB

Order of the Bath

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, GCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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, PC (7 June 1890–1983) was a British

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 diplomat.

Campbell was the second son of Sir Guy Campbell, 3rd Baronet (see Campbell Baronets

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), by Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann. He was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

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 in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts

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. In 1939, Campbell was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a post he held until 1941, when he became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington

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 to 1944. He became Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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 in 1945, and served as the United Kingdom's ambassador

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 to Egypt

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 from 1946 to 1950. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1950.

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