Morrice James, Baron St Brides

John Morrice Cairns James, Baron St Brides, GCMG, CVO, MBE, PC (30 April 1916 – 26 November 1989), normally known as Morrice James, was a senior British diplomat. He served as British High Commissioner to Pakistan, India and Australia, and was known as a specialist in the affairs of the South Asia.^[1]

James was born on 30 April 1916 and was educated at Bradfield College and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Dominions Office in London in 1939, and was Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State from April to August 1940. In August 1940 he joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman, was commissioned in the Royal Marines in February of the following year, and ended the war as a Lieutenant Colonel.

He returned to the Dominions Office (which merged with the India Office in 1947 to form the Commonwealth Relations Office) in 1945, and served in South Africa, London, and Pakistan, where he headed the Deputy High Commissions in both Lahore and Karachi during the 1950s. He then served as Deputy High Commissioner in New Delhi before returning to Pakistan as High Commissioner from 1962 to 1965. From 1968 to 1971 he served once more in New Delhi, as High Commissioner, and was appointed High Commissioner to Australia in 1971. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1976.^[1]

James was knighted in 1962, appointed to the Privy Council in 1966, and was created a Life Peer as Baron St Brides, of Hasguard in the County of Dyfed in 1977.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Sir James Morrice". David Man. http://www.manfamily.org/PDFs/SIR%20JAMES%20MORRICE.pdf. Retrieved 29 June 2006. 

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John Freeman	High Commissioner to India 1968 – 1971	Succeeded by Terence Garveyru:Гарви, Теренс
Preceded by Sir Charles Johnston	High Commissioner to Australia 1971 – 1976	Succeeded by Sir Donald Tebbit
Heraldic offices
Preceded by The Lord Inchyra	King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George 1975 – 1987	Succeeded by Sir Oliver Wright

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Name	Saint Brides, Morrice James, Baron
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Date of birth	30 April 1916
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Date of death	26 November 1989
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