Background
BEELEY, Harold was born on February 15, 1909 in London. Son of Frank Arthur Beeley.
BEELEY, Harold was born on February 15, 1909 in London. Son of Frank Arthur Beeley.
Highgate School and Queen"s College, Oxford.
Lecturer at University of Sheffield, London, Oxford and Leicester 1930-1939. Entered Foreign Service 1946. Counsellor, Copenhagen 1949-1950, Baghdad 1950-1953, Washington 1953-1955.
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia 1955.
Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign Office 1956-1958. Deputy Permanent Representative 1958-1961.
Ambassador to United Arab Republic 1961-1964, 1967-1969. Permanent Representative of United Kingdom to Disarmament Conference, Geneva 1964-1967.
Retired from Diplomatic Service 1969.
Lecturer, Queen Maiy College, London 1969-1975. President Egypt Exploration Society 1969-1988. Chairman World of Islam Festival Trust since 1973.
Chairman Arab-British Centre 1977-1981, Egyptian-British Chamber of Commerce since 1981.
Board Arab-British Chamber of Commerce 1979-1981.
Married Karen Brett-Smith (nee Shields) in 1958.