Gerald Campbell

Sir Gerald Campbell, GCMG (1879–1964) was a British diplomat.^[1]

He served as British High Commissioner to Canada from 16 May 1938 to 1941.^[2] He then was transferred in 1941 by Winston Churchill to serve as British Consul General to the United States, in order to improve relations between Britain and the United States during World War II. He had previously held this position in New York from 1931-1938.^[3] He became very popular in the United States, especially for his "after-dinner stories".^[4]

He wrote his autobiography, Of True Experience, published in 1948.^[5]

References

1. "Sir Gerald Campbell Dies at 84". The New York Times. July 6, 1964. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
2. "Previous High Commissioners". Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
3. Weigold, Auriol. Churchill, Roosevelt and India: Propaganda During World War II.
4. "Great Britain: The Campbell Is Coming". TIME. 27 January 1941. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
5. Campbell, Gerald (1948). Of True Experience. London: Hutchinson.

External links

• Fletcher, Stephen (12 February 2008). "That’s serendipity for you". blogs.lib.unc.edu. Sir Gerald Campbell, then British Consul General to the United States, surrounded by eager students
• Cooke, Helen; Maloney, Russell (7 December 1935). "The Talk of the Town: Sir Gerald". The New Yorker.