Sir Daniel William Lascelles KCMG (19 March 1902 – 17 October 1967) was a British diplomat.Peerage: Sir Daniel William Lascelles, ID#20130; retrieved 2011-05-20 He was the British ambassador in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Japan.
Early life Lascelles was the son of the Honourable William Horace Lascelles, eighth son of Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood. His mother was Madeline Barton, daughter of Reverend Gerrard Barton. He was educated at The New Beacon, Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight; at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon; and at Balliol College, Oxford.
Career After an open competition in 1926, Lescelles earned a position and was subsequently appointed as a Third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service.; In 1931, he was made Second Secretary. and in 1937, he was promoted to First Secretary.
In 1945, he was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and he was promoted in the Foreign Office hierarchy.
In 1948, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa and then Consul-General to the Empire of Ethiopia.; ; In 1949–1951, he became Ambassador to Ethiopia.
In 1953, he was appointed Ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan. In 1954, he was invested as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Lescelles was appointed Ambassador in Tokyo in 1957. He served from 1957 through 1959.Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 179-184; Hoare, James. (1999).
Later life He died on 17 October 1967 at age 65.
Honours Order of St Michael and St George, companion (CMG), 1945. Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG), 1954.
See also List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Ethiopia List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Afghanistan List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan Anglo-Japanese relations
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References Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ; OCLC 42645589 Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ; OCLC 249167170
Further reading Great Britain, Public Record Office. British Foreign Office Files for Post-War Japan (Public Record Office class FO 371). Part 3, Complete files for 1957–1959. ; OCLC 224083280 __________. British Foreign Office Files for Post-War Japan (Public Record Office class FO 371). Part 4, Complete files for 1960–1962. ; OCLC 224083430
External links UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission