Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth Wright, GCMG was a British diplomat.
13 Facts About Denis Wright
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Denis Wright was born in 1911 in Kingston upon Thames, at the house of his father's parents.
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From 1930 to 1932, Denis Wright studied at the University of Oxford, reading modern history at St Edmund Hall, in which he graduated with a second-class degree.
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At the Oxford University Labour Club, Denis Wright met Iona Craig, and they became engaged in 1938.
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Denis Wright unsuccessfully applied for a cadetship with the Colonial Service, then worked for a time in advertising and for the Gallahers tobacco company.
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In 1940, Denis Wright was posted to the British embassy in Bucharest, then left Romania in 1941 when the country joined the Axis Powers and ended relations with Britain.
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Denis Wright was then transferred to Turkey, where he served as vice-consul in Trabzon, earning a commendation from the embassy in Ankara, and in 1943, he was appointed acting consul in the port city of Mersin.
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Denis Wright's first posting was in Belgrade from 1946 to 1948, then as a trade consul in Chicago.
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Denis Wright returned to the Foreign Office briefly, and then returned to Iran as the British Ambassador in 1963.
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Denis Wright was knighted KCMG in 1961, and elevated to GCMG on his retirement in 1971.
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Denis Wright contributed to the 1969 book Persia by James Morris and Roger Wood.
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In May 1979, Denis Wright was asked by Sir Anthony Parsons of the Foreign Office to carry out a covert mission due to his close relationship with the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had just been deposed in the Iranian Revolution.
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Denis Wright died from prostate cancer at his home in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2005.