John Coulson (diplomat)

Sir John Coulson KCMG (13 September 1909 – 15 November 1997) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden and secretary-general of EFTA.

Career

John Eltringham Coulson was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1932.[1] He served at Bucharest, Paris, New York and Washington, D.C. before being appointed Ambassador to Sweden 1960–63.[2] He was then Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1963–65, Chief of Administration of HM Diplomatic Service briefly from January to September 1965, and Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association 1965–72.

Honours

John Coulson was appointed CMG in the King's Birthday Honours of 1946[3] and knighted KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1957.[4] The Swedish government made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star.

Offices held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Hon. Sir Robert Hankey		 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Stockholm
1960–1963 		Succeeded by
Sir Moore Crosthwaite
Preceded by
Frank Figgures		 Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association
1965–1972 		Succeeded by
Bengt Rabaeus

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33890. p. 7841. 9 December 1932.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 42087. p. 4730. 5 July 1960.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37598. p. 2761. 4 June 1946.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41089. p. 3371. 4 June 1957.
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