12 Facts About Reginald Leeper

Reginald Leeper was the son of Dr Alexander Reginald Leeper, the first Warden of Trinity College, the University of Melbourne, and his wife Adeline.

Reginald Leeper began his government career in 1915, when he joined the News Department of the Foreign Office.

Reginald Leeper contributed to the weekly review The New Europe under the pseudonym Rurik.

In 1923 Reginald Leeper was transferred to Diplomatic Service and moved to Warsaw as secretary of the legation.

Reginald Leeper served in Poland until the early 1930s, though exact date of his return to the UK is not clear.

Reginald Leeper then served as the chief of the news department of the Foreign Office, which via such organs as the British Council, the British Library of Information, the Travel Association and the foreign language broadcasts of the BBC sought to influence public opinion abroad.

Reginald Leeper was appointed assistant undersecretary of state with a special brief for propaganda in early 1938.

Besides Reginald Leeper, the meeting was attended by Lord Lothian, the secretary of the Rhodes Trust; Angus Fletcher of the British Library of Information; the Labour MP Josiah Wedgewood; and Frank Darvall of the English-Speaking Union.

Reginald Leeper became head of Britain's Political Intelligence Department when it reformed in 1939.

Reginald Leeper played a critical role in Greek political developments of 1944, especially in support of the Greek monarchy in the person of King George II of Greece.

Reginald Leeper was then British ambassador to Argentina from 1946 to 1948.

Reginald Leeper's brother, Alexander Wigram Allen Leeper, was a distinguished British diplomat.