1. Gladwyn Jebb later served in Rome and at the Foreign Office in Westminster, where he served as Private Secretary to the Head of the Diplomatic Service.
15 Facts About Gladwyn Jebb
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In 1929, Gladwyn Jebb married Cynthia Noble, daughter of Sir Saxton Noble, 3rd Baronet.
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Gladwyn Jebb was a granddaughter of the gun-developer Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and a great-granddaughter of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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For part of the War of 1939 to 1945, Gladwyn Jebb left the Foreign Office to serve as the Chief Executive Officer for the Special Operations Executive, where he was from 1940 to 1942.
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On his return to the Foreign Office, Gladwyn Jebb asked to be posted to Madagascar, but this application was rejected, and he was sent to the Treasury for economic training.
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Gladwyn Jebb remains the only UN Secretary-General or Acting Secretary-General to come from a permanent member state of the UN Security Council.
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Gladwyn Jebb represented the United Kingdom at the Brussels Treaty Permanent Commission with personal rank of ambassador.
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Gladwyn Jebb became the United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1950 to 1954 and to Paris from 1954 to 1960.
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Gladwyn Jebb was the first permanent UN representative of the United Kingdom.
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On 12 April 1960 Jebb was created a hereditary peer and as Baron Gladwyn, of Bramfield in the County of Suffolk.
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Gladwyn Jebb became involved in politics as a member of the Liberal Party.
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Gladwyn Jebb was Deputy Leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords from 1965 to 1988 and spokesman on foreign affairs and defence.
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Gladwyn Jebb unsuccessfully contested the Suffolk seat in the European Parliament in 1979.
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Gladwyn Jebb died on 24 October 1996 at the age of 96, the 51st anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
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Gladwyn Jebb is buried at St Andrew's Church, Bramfield in Suffolk.