Milne Cheetham

This article is about the British diplomat. For the Member of Parliament for Oldham, see Joshua Milne Cheetham.

Sir Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham,^[1] KCMG (9 July 1869 – 6 January 1938) was a British diplomat.

Born in Preston, he was educated at Rossall School, from which he won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.^[1] He studied classics at Oxford, after which he entered the diplomatic service. He served in Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Rome and Rio de Janeiro before being sent to Cairo in January 1910. When the United Kingdom declared its protectorate over Egypt in December 1914, he became acting High Commissioner, pending the arrival of Sir Henry McMahon. He took charge of the British Residency during the spring and fall of 1919, and thus had to confront the 1919 Revolution.^[2] He later served in the British embassy in Paris, and was appointed minister to Switzerland in 1922.^[3] In 1924, he was appointed minister to Greece,^[4] after a two-year break in diplomatic relations.^[5] He was sent to Denmark in 1926,^[6] and retired in 1928.^[2]

Family

Sir Milne Cheetham married twice. His first wife was Anastasia Mouravieff (d. 1976),^[7] daughter of Nicholas Mouravieff, the Russian Empire's last ambassador to Italy. They married in 1907 and divorced in 1923.^[8] They had one son, Nicolas (1910–2002), who followed in his father's footsteps and went on to have a successful career in the diplomatic service.^[9] Cheetham's second wife was Cynthia Charlette Seymour (d. 1968), whom he married on 11 July 1923.^[8] She was the daughter of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly.^[10]

Decorations

Sir Milne Cheetham received the King George V Coronation Medal in 1911 and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1915.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (snippet view) Annual Register. 1939. p. 415. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AiddAAAAIAAJ&q=Joshua+Milne+Crompton+Cheetham#search_anchor. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Goldschmidt, Arthur (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 42. ISBN 9781555872298. OCLC 52401049. http://books.google.com/books?id=p3J6IS8t74QC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA42. 
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 32781. p. 9161. 29 December 1922. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
4. ^ London Gazette: no. 32914. p. 1822. 29 February 1924. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
5. ^ Stillwell, Stephen Joseph (2003) (snippet view). Anglo-Turkish Relations in the Interwar Era. Volume 73 of Studies in British History. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780773467767. OCLC 51553133. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vsWAQAAIAAJ&q=break+diplomatic+relations#search_anchor. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 
6. ^ Foreign Office (1965) (snippet view). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. Vol. 137. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 489. OCLC 59626229. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TtsfAAAAMAAJ&q=Milne+Cheetham#search_anchor. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
7. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 1 (107th ed.). Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1308. ISBN 9780971196629. OCLC 150226262. http://thepeerage.com/p39776.htm#i397757. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
8. ^ ^{a b} (snippet view) Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period 1929–1940. Vol. 3. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1941. p. 244. OCLC 223100078. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CakLAQAAIAAJ&q=Cheetham#search_anchor. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
9. ^ "Sir Nicolas Cheetham". The Daily Telegraph. 23 January 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1382336/Sir-Nicolas-Cheetham.html. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 
10. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 2 (107th ed.). Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1887. ISBN 9780971196629. OCLC 150226262. http://thepeerage.com/p5449.htm#i54484. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Herbert Kitchener as Agent and Consul-General	Acting British High Commissioner to Egypt December 1914 – January 1915	Succeeded by Sir Henry McMahon as High Commissioner
Preceded by Hon. Theo William Odo Villiers Russell	British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland 1922–1924	Succeeded by Howland Arthur Charles Sperling
Suspended Break in diplomatic relations Title last held by Sir Francis Lindley	British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece 1924–1926	Succeeded by Sir Percy Loraine
Preceded by Earl Granville	British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark 1926–1928	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler

Persondata
Name	Milne Cheetham
Alternative names
Short description	British diplomat
Date of birth	9 July 1869
Place of birth	Preston, England
Date of death	6 January 1938
Place of death