Charalambos Simopoulos
Charalambos John Simopoulos | |
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| Χαράλαμπος Σιμόπουλος | |
_LCCN2016849850.jpg) Simopoulos at the White House in 1924 | |
| Greek Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office December 12, 1924 – April 26, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos D. Xanthopoulos, Charge d'Affaires a.i. |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Sisilianos |
| Greek Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office November 1, 1934 – 1942 | |
| Preceded by | Dimitrios Kaklamanos |
| Succeeded by | Athanasios Agnidis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1, 1874[1] |
| Died | October 24, 1942 (aged 68) London |
| Spouse | Mme. Simopoulos was British-born. |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | Doctor of Divinity in Laws University of Athens, further studies in France and Germany |
Charalambos John Simopoulos (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Σιμόπουλος; 1874-1942)[2] was a Greek diplomat who was ambassador to the Court of St. James in London at the beginning of the Second World War.[3]
After studying law at the University of Athens, he entered the diplomatic corps in 1901, serving as secretary and dean of the consulates of Alexandria, Mersin, Constantinople. From 1914 to 1919 he was employed at the legations in Paris and Rome. From 1920 to 1921 he was the first ambassador of Greece to Czechoslovakia. In 1922 he was Greek High Commissioner of the Occupation of Constantinople.
On December 12, 1924 he became Minister to Washington, D.C.[4] In 1934 he was appointed Minister to Great Britain, and in May 1942 the Greek legation was raised to the status of an embassy.
His son was the Oxford University academic John Simopoulos.[5]
Simopoulos's funeral was held at St Sophia's Cathedral, Moscow Road, London.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ SIMOPOULOS, Charalambos, Jean, Min, of Greece in Washington, U.S.A.; * July 1874; s. of a Professor and Sophie Veropoulos; Educ.: DD.L. Univ. of Athens, further studies in France and Germany; married; entered diplom. serv. in 1901, serv. in Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria, Serbia, France, Engl., Min... in Czecho-Slov; Hung., H. Comm. in Constantinople, Min. U.S.A. since 1924. Stephen Taylor, Who's who in Central and East Europe, Central European Times Publishing Company, 1935, p. 896
- ^ National Portrait Gallery, London,[1]
- ^ "Founding fellow played key college role". 12 March 2015.
- ^ Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C.
- ^ "John Simopoulos, Oxford don - obituary". 27 March 2015.
- ^ "The funeral of the Greek Ambassador M Charalambos Simopoulos took... News Photo | Getty Images". www.gettyimages.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
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