The Papers of SIR ALEXANDER GEORGE MONTAGU CADOGAN (1884-1968)

Section 1: Diaries

Section 2: Scrapbooks

Section 3: Family Correspondence

Section 4: General Correspondence

Section 5: Official Papers

Section 6: Speeches and Articles

Section 7: Autobiographical Drafts

Section 8: Lady Theodosia Cadogan

Section 9: Suez Canal Papers

Section 10: Honours and Awards

ACAD 3/17-3/24 bundles of undated letters from Lady Theo to Cadogan. Lady Theo appears to have tried to date some of the letters at a much later date, resulting in considerable confusion. The bundles have been left exactly as she arranged them

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1884 Born, younger son of 5th Earl Cadogan

Educated Eton and Oxford

1908 Entered Diplomatic Service

1912 Married Lady Theodosia Acheson, daughter of 4th Earl of Gosford

1926 C.M.G.

1932 C.B.

1933-1935 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Peking

1934 K.C.M.G.

1935-1936 Ambassador, Peking

1936-1937 Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

1938-1946 Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

1939 G.C.M.G.

1946 Privy Councillor

1946-1950 Permanent Representative of H.M. Governmanet in the U.K. to the United Nations, New York

1947 Hon. D.C.L. Toronto

1950 Retired from H.M. Foreign Service

Hon. Fellow Balliol College Oxford

Hon. D.C.L.McGill and Princeton

1951 O.M.

1951-1957 Government Director of Suez Canal Company

1951-1964 Director National Provincial Bank

1952-1957 Chairman of the Governors of the B.B.C.

1968 Died