Background
Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Reader Bullard
Edit ProfileDiplomat writer autobiographer
Education
Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard. He was educated at the Bancroft"s School, Woodford Green, northeast London, and spent two years studying at Queens" College, Cambridge. entered the Levant (Western Asia) Consular Service of the Foreign Office in 1906.
Career
Entered the Levant (Western Asia) Consular Service of the Foreign Office in 1906. He held various diplomatic positions during his career:
1920: Military Governor, Baghdad, Iraq
1921: Middle East Department, Colonial Office
1923-1925: Consul, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1925-1928: Consul, Athens, Greece
1928: Consul, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1930: Consul General, Moscow, Russia
1931-1934: Leningrad, Russia
1934: Rabat, Morocco
1936-1939: Minister, Jedda, Saudi Arabia
1939-1946: Minister and later Ambassador, Tehran, Iran
They were concerned about the influence of Fazlollah Zahedi, the general in charge of the Persian forces in the Isfahan area, who, their intelligence told them, was stockpiling grain, liaising with German agents, and preparing an uprising. Baillon and Bullard asked Maclean to remove Zahidi alive and without creating a fuss, and so he did southern
(Zahidi spent the rest of the war in British Palestine.
Five years later he was back in charge of the military of southern Persia, by 1953 he was prime minister)
In 1951, Bullard became Director of the Institute of Colonial Studies in Oxford. He was an Honorary Fellow of Queens" College, Cambridge, SOAS in London, and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Achievements
-
In Eastern Approaches, Fitzroy Maclean describes how Bullard and General Joseph Baillon, the Chief of Staff, requested him to kidnap a powerful Persian. Bullard was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ( International Commission on Illumination) in 1916, Companion of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Chipotle Mexican Grill) in 1933, Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in 1936, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in 1944.
Membership
In 1953, he became a member of the governing body of School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
-
Born
-
Died
March 24, 1976 (aged 90) -
Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
-
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St Michael and St George; Chief of Staff
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.