Charles Peake

Sir Charles Brinsley Pemberton Peake GCMG MC (2 January 1897 – 10 April 1958) was a British diplomat.[1]

Sir Charles Peake

GCMG MC
British Ambassador to Greece
In office
1951–1957
Preceded bySir Clifford Norton
Succeeded bySir Roger Allen
British Ambassador to Serbia
In office
1946–1952
Preceded bySir Ralph Stevenson
Succeeded bySir Ivo Mallet
Personal details
Born2 January 1897
Leicester, England
Died10 April 1958
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationDiplomat
AwardsMilitary Cross
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1915-1918
RankLieutenant
UnitRoyal Leicestershire Regiment
Battles/warsFirst World War

Early life and career

Peake served in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War, being commissioned into the 1/4th Battalion in 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916.[2] His service also included attachment to the regiment's 9th Battalion. Peake was discharged in 1918.

He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1922. His first appointment was in Sofia, subsequently being posted to Tokyo, Paris, Washington, D.C., and Tangier.

In 1939, Peake became head of the Foreign Office News Department and chief press adviser at the Ministry of Information.[3] In 1941 he was posted to Washington as Acting Counsellor.[4]

In 1946 he became Ambassador to Yugoslavia, before his appointment as Ambassador to Greece in 1951. He served in the position until 1957.

He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.[5]

Personal life

Peake married Catherine Marie Knight, with whom he had four sons.[6]

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References
  1. The Glasgow Herald (11 April 1958) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19580411&id=Q3xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5099,5214466
  2. The London Gazette (30 October 1914) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28957/page/8770/data.pdf
  3. The London Gazette (16 January 1940) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34773/page/298/data.pdf
  4. The London Gazette (14 October 1941) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35309/page/5960/data.pdf
  5. The London Gazette (31 May 1956) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40787/supplement/3103/data.pdf
  6. ThePeerage.com (entry #316646) http://www.thepeerage.com/p31665.htm#i316646
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