Background
Fletcher, Angus Somerville was born on May 13, 1883 in Queenstown, South Africa. Son of Patrick and Agnes (Eaglesim) Fletcher.
Fletcher, Angus Somerville was born on May 13, 1883 in Queenstown, South Africa. Son of Patrick and Agnes (Eaglesim) Fletcher.
Student South African College, Cape Town, South Africa, 1900-1903. Law Diploma, University Cape of Good Hope, 1903. Doctor of Literature (honorary) Muhlenberg College (Pennsylvania), 1942.
Attached to British War Mission to the United States, 1918. Member of staff National Industrial Conference Board, New York, 1919-1922. Director British Library of Information, New York, New York, 1928-1941.
Consultant World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, New York, 1942.
British Consul at Buffalo, New York, 1943-1949. Chairman Headquarters Commission, United Nations 1946.
Member of staff National Industrial Conference Board, New York, 1919-1922. Served with 1st Rhodesia Regiment in German Southwest Africa 1914-1915, and Royal Horse Artillery, France, 1915-1919. Member Scottish History Society (Edinburgh).
Protestant Episcopalian.
Married Helen Stewart, January 6, 1926. Children: Donald Stewart, Peter Stewart, Angus John Stewart.