Background
RAMSBOTHAM, Peter Edward. G.C.M.G. was born on October 8, 1919 in London. Son of 1st Viscount Soulbury.
RAMSBOTHAM, Peter Edward. G.C.M.G. was born on October 8, 1919 in London. Son of 1st Viscount Soulbury.
Eton College, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Served in Political Division, Allied Control Commission, Berlin 1948-1950. First Secretary, Foreign Office 1950-1953: Head of Chancery, United Kingdom delegation to United Nations, New York 1953-1957. Foreign Office 1957-1962.
Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Paris 1962-1967. Foreign Office 1967-1969. High Commissioner to Cyprus 1969-1971.
Ambassador to Iran 1971-1974, to United States of America 1974-1977. Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda 1977-1980. Director Commercial Union Assurance Company 1980-1990, Lloyds Bank Ltd.
1980-1990, Chairman Lloyds Bank Southern Region 1984-1990. Chairman Ryder-Cheshire Mission for the Relief of Suffering since 1981. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Akron University) 1975, (William and Mary College) 1975, (Maryland University) 1976, (Yale University) 1977.
Croix de guerre 1945, K.St.J. 1976.
Married 1st Frances Blomfield in 1941 (died in 1982). Married 2nd Zaida Hall in 1985.