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John Hall Magowan

John Hall Magowan

British diplomat

Sir John Hall Magowan, KBE, CMG was a British diplomat. Raised in Mountnorris, Co. Armagh, he was educated at the Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin. He married Winifred Isabel and had a daughter, Ann Isabel Magowan, and two sons, William Andrew Magowan and David Magowan.

He served as British Ambassador to Venezuela from 1948 to 1951,[1] and died while back in Northern Ireland on leave on 5 April 1951.[2] He had been appointed British Ambassador to Thailand in December 1950, but died before he could present his credentials.

References

  1. [1]
    "Previous ambassadors in Venezuela". British Embassy Caracas. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Irish Gravestone Inscriptions, Tracing your Irish Ancestors: Infant Mortality". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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