Maurice Arthur Pope
Maurice Arthur Pope | |
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| Born | 9 August 1889 Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 20 September 1978 (aged 89) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Years of service | 1915–1950 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-general |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II ⋅ |
| Awards | Order of the Bath Military Cross |
| Relations | Joseph Pope, father Henri-Thomas Taschereau, grandfather William Henry Pope, grandfather |
| Other work | Diplomat and author |
Lieutenant General Maurice Arthur Pope, CB MC (9 August 1889 – 20 September 1978) was a Canadian civil engineer, army officer and diplomat.
Military career[]
Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the son of Sir Joseph Pope, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald's principal secretary, and grandson of Sir Henri-Thomas Taschereau and William Henry Pope, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from McGill University in 1911. He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a construction engineer until joining the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1915. He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France.
After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army and attended the British Army's Staff College, Camberley.[1] Among his fellow students there were Harry Crerar and Georges Vanier.[1] He later attended the Imperial Defence College.[2]
During World War II, he was Brigadier General of the Canadian Military headquarters in London, Vice-Chief of the general staff in Ottawa, Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission in Washington, head of the Censorship Branch and military staff officer to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. From 1945 to 1950, he was Head of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant-General.
From 1950 to 1953, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Belgium. From 1953 to 1956, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Spain. He retired in 1956 and lived in Ottawa.
His memoir was entitled Soldiers and politicians: the memoirs of Lt.-Gen. Maurice A. Pope C.B., M.C (University of Toronto Press, 1962). He also completed and edited his father's autobiography, Public servant: the memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope (Oxford University Press, 1960).
Bibliography[]
- Granatstein, Jack (1993). The Generals. Stoddart Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7737-2730-4.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Granatstein, p. 209
- ^ Granatstein, p. 211
External links[]
- World War I Attestation paper
- "Maurice Arthur Pope fonds". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- Heads of Post List
- Maurice Arthur Pope at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Generals of World War II
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