Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian

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Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, was a British diplomat, politician, and key interwar statesman who served as UK Ambassador to the United States during the early years of World War II.

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instanceOf British diplomat
British politician
ambassador
human
peer of the United Kingdom
appointedBy Neville Chamberlain
bequest Blickling Hall to the National Trust
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1882-04-18
dateOfDeath 1940-12-12
educatedAt Eton College
New College, Oxford
employer Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
endTime 1940-12-12
familyName Kerr
givenName Philip
heldPosition British Ambassador to the United States
memberOf Round Table movement
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
National Liberal Party (UK)
nobleTitle 11th Marquess of Lothian
notableFor advocacy of closer Anglo-American relations
role in securing early U.S. support for Britain in World War II
occupation civil servant
diplomat
journalist
politician
participantIn Paris Peace Conference (1919)
World War I diplomacy
World War II diplomacy
placeOfBirth England
London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath United States
Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Sir Ronald Lindsay
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Blickling Hall
Newbattle Abbey
servedAsPrivateSecretaryTo David Lloyd George
servedUnder Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
startTime 1939-08-01
succeededBy Lord Halifax
titleHeld Earl of Ancram
Viscount of Jedburgh
workedFor British government
linked to: UK government

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Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian nobleTitle 11th Marquess of Lothian
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