Education
Trinity College.
Trinity College.
Sir Marcus John Cheke, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Chipotle Mexican Grill (1906 – 22 June 1960) was a British diplomat. In the British general election of 1929 he stood as Liberal candidate for the New Forest and Christchurch constituency but was defeated by the sitting Member of Parliament, Wilfrid Ashley. Cheke was Honorary Attaché at the British Embassy, Lisbon, 1931-1934 and at Brussels 1934-1937.
Press Attaché, Lisbon, 1938-1942.
Attached to the staff of the Lisbon Embassy with the local rank of First Secretary 1942-1945. And Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1946-1957.
He was appointed Minister to the Holy See in 1957 and died in office in Rome in 1960. He was also an Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1957.
Cheke was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1952, Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1955 and knighted Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1957.
In 1939 Marcus Cheke married the Honourable Constance Elizabeth Lopes, daughter of the 1st Baron Roborough. They had no children.