John Hall Magowan
Sir John Hall Magowan, KBE, CMG was a British diplomat. Raised in Mountnorris, Co. Armagh, he was educated at the Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin. He married Winifred Isabel and had a daughter, Ann Isabel Magowan, and two sons, William Andrew Magowan and David Magowan.
He served as British Ambassador to Venezuela from 1948 to 1951,[1] and died while back in Northern Ireland on leave on 5 April 1951.[2] He had been appointed British Ambassador to Thailand in December 1950, but died before he could present his credentials.
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- ^ "Previous ambassadors in Venezuela". British Embassy Caracas. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=522&page=472&prevStartQuery=2355&theme=Infant&Send=Send[dead link]
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- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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