John Troutbeck (diplomat)

He was the son of John Troutbeck (1860–1912), a solicitor and Coroner of Westminster, and his wife Harriet Elizabeth Monro. His grandfather was the Rev Dr John Troutbeck and his uncle by marriage was Sir William Henry Hadow.{{cite ODNB|url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/64931?docPos=2 |access-date = 19 October 2017|title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required)| year=2004 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/64931 | last1=Tomes | first1=Jason }}

He served as Ambassador to Iraq between 1951 and 1954,{{Who's Who|title=Troutbeck, Sir John Monro|id=U160433|type=was|volume=1920–2007|edition=December 2014 online|access-date=3 January 2014}}

succeeding Sir Henry Mack.{{cite web|url=http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Cloake.pdf|title=Recollections of John Cloake's Diplomatic Career|first=Abbey|last=Wright|date=April 2013|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103201948/http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Cloake.pdf|url-status=dead}}

He retired in 1954, served as UK Member of the Saar Referendum Commission in 1955 and was Chairman of the Save the Children Fund 1956–1962.{{cite news |title=Sir John Troutbeck |work=The Times |page=19 |date=1 October 1971}}

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in 1939, a Knight Commander of the same order in 1948, and in 1955 he was made an Ordinary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

He died in Horsham, West Sussex in 1971.

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