Norman Robertson
Norman Alexander Robertson | |
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Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet | |
In office March 15, 1949 – May 31, 1952 | |
Preceded by | Arnold Heeney |
Succeeded by | Jack Pickersgill |
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
In office 1946–1949 | |
Prime Minister | W.L. Mackenzie King Louis St. Laurent |
Preceded by | Vincent Massey |
Succeeded by | L. Dana Wilgress |
In office 1952–1957 | |
Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent John Diefenbaker |
Preceded by | L. Dana Wilgress |
Succeeded by | George A. Drew |
Personal details | |
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia | March 4, 1904
Died | July 16, 1968 Ottawa, Ontario | (aged 64)
Alma mater | University of British Columbia Balliol College, Oxford |
Norman Alexander Robertson, CC (March 4, 1904 – July 16, 1968) was a Canadian diplomat and was one of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's advisers.
Background and early life
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and was a Rhodes Scholar attending Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1929 he started with the Department of External Affairs.
Senior diplomatic appointments
In 1941, he became Under Secretary of State for External Affairs.
From 1946 to 1949 and 1952 to 1957, he was Canadian High Commissioner in London, during which time he participated at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as Standard Bearer, and from 1957 to 1958 he was Canadian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.
Honours; death
In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.[1] Robertson is buried at Maclaren Cemetery in Wakefield, Quebec.[2] Robertson is buried at the same cemetery as fellow diplomats and friends Hume Wrong and Lester B. Pearson.
References
- "Norman Alexander Robertson". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
Further reading
- Granatstein, J. L. A man of influence: Norman A. Robertson and Canadian statecraft, 1929-68 (1981) scholarly biography; online
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