1st Viscount Perth

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1st Viscount Perth was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

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instanceOf human
title of nobility
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1876-08-17
dateOfDeath 1951-12-15
educatedAt Eton College
employer Foreign Office
League of Nations
endTime 1933
familyName Drummond
father James David Drummond
givenName Eric
James
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
National Labour Organisation
mother Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice
nobleRank Viscount
nobleTitle Viscount Perth
notableFor being the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations
notableWork development of the international civil service at the League of Nations
occupation diplomat
politician
officeEndTime (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) 1933
officeStartTime (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) 1920
placeOfBirth England
Northamptonshire
placeOfDeath Perthshire
Scotland
positionHeld British ambassador to Italy
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Member of the House of Lords
Secretary-General of the League of Nations
precededBy (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) position created
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Megginch Castle
spouse Angela Mary Constable-Maxwell
startTime 1920
succeededBy (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) Joseph Avenol
titleCreated Viscount Perth
titleCreationDate 1935
workedOn administration of the League of Nations

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Sir Eric Drummond nobleTitle 1st Viscount Perth