British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iran
In office 1921–1926
Preceded by
Herman Norman
Succeeded by
Robert Clive
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece
In office 1926–1929
Preceded by
Milne Cheetham
Succeeded by
Patrick Ramsay
British High Commissioner to Egypt
In office 1929–1933
Preceded by
George Lloyd
Succeeded by
Miles Lampson
British Ambassador to Turkey
In office 1933–1939
Preceded by
George Clerk
Succeeded by
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
British Ambassador to Italy
In office 1939–1940
Preceded by
Eric Drummond
Succeeded by
Suspended during World War II
Personal details
Born
Percy Lyham Loraine
(1880-11-05)5 November 1880 London, England
Died
23 May 1961(1961-05-23) (aged 80) London, England
Parents
Lambton Loraine (father)
Frederica Mary Horatia (mother)
Relatives
Eustace Loraine (brother)
Occupation
Thoroughbred breeder
Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, 12th Baronet, GCMG (5 November 1880 – 23 May 1961) was a British diplomat. He was British High Commissioner to Egypt from 1929 to 1933, British Ambassador to Turkey from 1933 to 1939 and British Ambassador to Italy from 1939 to 1940. In later life he was involved in breeding thoroughbreds for horse racing and won the 2000 Guineas Stakes in 1954 with Darius. He was the last of the Loraine baronets, having no sons to succeed him.
Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, 12th Baronet, GCMG (5 November 1880 – 23 May 1961) was a British diplomat. He was British High Commissioner to Egypt from 1929...
(1838–1917) Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, 12th Baronet (1880–1961) Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 393. "Loraine, Rt Hon...
had received from Sir PercyLoraine, the ambassador in Rome. In a meeting with Count Ciano, Italy's Foreign Minister, Loraine was told that Italian entry...
week of 2–8 February, a view shared by the British ambassador in Rome, PercyLoraine. On 1 March, the British announced that they would block all coal exports...
to assent to bases on the Straits, a demand which British Ambassador PercyLoraine credited with helping strengthen Turkey-United Kingdom relations in...
London and demoted to First Secretary for criticising the minister Sir PercyLoraine in a dispatch. However, he was posted to Berlin as chargé d'affaires...
Commissioner • 1922–1925 Edmund Allenby • 1925–1929 George Lloyd • 1929–1933 PercyLoraine • 1933–1936 Miles Lampson Prime Minister • 1922 (first) Abdel Khaliq...
Viscount Allenby 1925–1929: George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd 1929–1933: Sir PercyLoraine 1934–1936: Sir Miles Lampson 1936–1946: Sir Miles Lampson 1946–1950:...
Stephenson Frank Dennis 1955 Darius 4 Lester Piggott Harry Wragg Sir PercyLoraine 1956 Tropique 4 Paul Blanc Geoff Watson Guy de Rothschild 1957 Arctic...
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece 1924–1926 Succeeded by Sir PercyLoraine Preceded by Earl Granville British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister...
younger brother Percy was born in 1880. He was the great grandson of Rear Admiral Sir Philip Broke a distinguished naval officer. Loraine was gazetted as...
1925–1926: Sir Ronald Lindsay 1926–1933: Sir George Clerk 1933–1939: Sir PercyLoraine, 12th Baronet 1939–1944: Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen 1944–1946: Sir...
1921–1933: Sir Ronald Graham 1933–1939: The Earl of Perth 1939–1940: Sir PercyLoraine No representation 1940–1944 due to World War II 1944–1947: Sir Noel...
shown a strong partiality towards autocratic leaders: Henderson, Sir PercyLoraine and Sir Miles Lampson. In his 1956 memoirs, The Mist Procession, Vansittart...
Elsey William Humble 1:38.26 1954 Darius Manny Mercer Harry Wragg Sir PercyLoraine 1:39.45 1955 Our Babu Doug Smith Geoffrey Brooke David Robinson 1:38...
week of 2–8 February, a view shared by the British ambassador in Rome, PercyLoraine. On 1 March, the British announced that they would block all coal exports...
Przeździecki [pl], an official of the Polish Foreign Office, had told Sir PercyLoraine (first secretary at the legation at Warsaw) that the Poles questioned...
Pierre Corbière 1:46.00 1948 Queenpot Gordon Richards Noel Murless Sir PercyLoraine 1:41.80 1949 Musidora Edgar Britt Charles Elsey Norman Donaldson 1:40...
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