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Stewart Wolfe Jamieson

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Stewart Wolfe Jamieson
Born(1903-01-04)4 January 1903
Died4 May 1975(1975-05-04) (aged 72)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationDiplomat
Spouse
Katherine Mary Garvan
(m. 1937⁠–⁠1975)

Stewart Wolfe Jamieson CBE (4 January 1903 – 4 May 1975) was an Australian diplomat, journalist, and lawyer.

After attending The King's School, Sydney, Jamieson graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts before studying law at the University of Oxford. He worked as a lawyer and journalist in the late 1920s and the 1930s, and enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. After the war, he joined Australia's diplomatic service. In a 20-year diplomatic career, he held a number of consular and ambassadorial posts, including as Australia's high commissioner to Ghana (1958–1960), ambassador to Brazil (1960–1962), ambassador to the Soviet Union (1962–1965) and Aabassador to Sweden (1964–1965).[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Dermody, Kathleen (1996). "Jamieson, Stewart Wolfe (1903–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Mr Stewart Wolfe Jamieson". Canberra Times. 6 May 1975. p. 9.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
N.N. Frewin
as Acting Consul-General
Australian Consul-General in San Francisco
1952 – 1955
Succeeded by
Melville Marshall
Preceded by
Australian High Commissioner to Ghana
1958 – 1960
Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Ambassador to Brazil
1960 – 1962
Succeeded by
Owen Davis
Preceded by Australian Ambassador to the Soviet Union
1962 – 1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Frederick R. Gullick
as Chargé d'affaires
Australian Ambassador to Sweden
1964 – 1965