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Le Rougetel was educated at Rossall School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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John John Helier Le Rougetel Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George Military Cross
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He was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment at the start of the First World War, joining its 3rd Battalion. He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar for his actions during the war, in which he served on the Western Front and was attached to the Machine Gun Corps. Le Rougtel joined the Foreign Office in 1920, and subsequently served in postings in Vienna, Budapest, Ottawa, Tokyo, Pekin, The Hague, Bucharest, Moscow, Shanghai.
He was made a Second Secretary in 1923 and a First Secretary in 1930.
He was in Shanghai during its occupation by the Japanese and was taken prisoner in 1942, although was later repatriated. From 1944 to 1946 he was Political Representative in Romania, before receiving his first ambassadorial posting to Tehran in 1946.
Le Rougetel later served as British Ambassador to Belgium (1950-1951) and as a High Commissioner to South Africa (1951-1955).
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Order of Street Michael and Street George; Military Cross
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.