George Clerk (diplomat)

For the George Russell Clerk who was a British civil servant in India, see George Russell Clerk.

George Russell Clerk (Albert Smith, 1934)

Sir George Russell Clerk GCMG CB PC (29 November 1874 – 18 June 1951) was a British diplomat and Privy Counsellor who ended his career as Ambassador to France from 1934 to 1937, after seven years as Ambassador to Turkey, one as Ambassador to Belgium and seven as Ambassador to The Czechoslovak Republic.[1] His name is pronounced as if spelt Clark.

  1. ^ 1919 - 1926 Sir George Clerk GCMG CB, Previous Ambassadors, Last updated at 10:05 (UK time) 3 Oct 2011, UK in Czech Republic