Education
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ritchie was educated at University of King"s College, Pembroke College, Oxford, Harvard University, and École Libre des Sciences Politiques.
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Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ritchie was educated at University of King"s College, Pembroke College, Oxford, Harvard University, and École Libre des Sciences Politiques.
He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1934 eventually becoming Canada’s ambassador to West Germany (1954-1958), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1958-1962), ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (1962-1966), ambassador to the North Atlantic Council (1966-1967) and from 1967 to 1971 was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in London. He received honorary doctorates from Trent University (1976), York University (1992) and Carleton University (1992). Ritchie came from a long-prominent family in Nova Scotia.