Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice
Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice CB CMG (15 July 1865 – 23 March 1939) was a British diplomat.
Born in Dublin, Fitzmaurice was descended from a minor branch of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. In 1888, he joined the Levant Consular Service. In 1905 he was appointed British consul to Constantinople. In 1907 he was made chief dragoman, and in 1908 he received the rank of first secretary. He retired from the consular service in 1921.[1]
Fitzmaurice was a Roman Catholic and was buried in a simple grave at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Kensal Green in London.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Berridge, G. R. "Fitzmaurice, Gerald Henry (1865–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/41209. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ fitzmaurice-family.com
- ^ divainternational.ch
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