James Wilfrid Lennon

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James Wilfrid Lennon
from  Ireland to  Portugal
In office January 1961 – 1 April 1962
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Denis J. O'Sullivan
from  Ireland to  Netherlands
In office 1 April 1962 – 1966
Succeeded by	Richard Ryan (diplomat)
from  Ireland to  Spain
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	Timothy Joseph Horan
Succeeded by
from  Ireland to  United Nations
In office 1967–1973
Succeeded by	Timothy Joseph Horan
from  Ireland to  Argentina
In office 1973–1976
Preceded by	Michael Leo Skentelberry
Succeeded by	[de]
Personal details
Born	(1915-12-29)29 December 1915 Dundalk

James Wilfrid Lennon (29 December 1915 - 30 August 2012) was an Irish diplomat.

Career[]

From the 1930s until 1947 he was employed by the Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland. In 1947 he entered the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland) as Third Secretary, and rose through the ranks, serving as First Secretary in Paris (until 1960), then ambassador to Portugal (January 1961 to 1 April 1962). From 1 April 1962 until 1966 he was Ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague, with co-accreditation in Copenhagen to Denmark. From 1967 till 1970 he was Ambassador to Spain in Madrid,^[1] then Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, a post he held until 1973. From there he was sent to Buenos Aires in Argentina,^[2] and after three hectic years in Buenos Aires he returned ill to Dublin, where he on 28 June 2003 resided.^{[clarification needed][3]}

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