Edgar Vaughan

Sir (George) Edgar Vaughan KBE FRHistS (24 February 1907 – 25 January 1994) was a British diplomat, who served as the British Ambassador to Colombia between 1964 and 1966.

Life

Vaughan was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and then at Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained first-class degrees in Modern History (1928) and in PPE (1929). He was a Laming Travelling Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford from 1929 to 1931. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1930, serving as Vice-Consel in Hamburg, La Paz, Barcelona and Buenos Aires. After posting in Monrovia (as Chargé d’Affaires), Seattle, Washington, Lourenço Marques and Amsterdam (as Consul-General in each), he returned to Buenos Aires as Minister and Consul-General in 1956, before being appointed Ambassador to Panama in 1960. In 1964, he became Ambassador to Colombia, serving until 1966. He was appointed OBE in 1937, advanced to CBE in 1956 and knighted with the award of the KBE in 1963. After leaving the Diplomatic Service, he was a Special Lecturer (1966–1967) then Professor of History (1967–1974) at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1965 and as an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College in 1966. He was awarded the Order of Andrés Bello, First Class by Venezuela in 1990. He died on 25 January 1994. [cite web|title=Vaughan, Sir (George) Edgar| url= http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U176002 | work=Who Was Who| publisher= Oxford University Press| month=December| year= 2007 |accessdate=2008-09-30]

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