Sir Eric Drummond

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Sir Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, playing a key role in shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy.

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instanceOf British politician
diplomat
human
secretary-general
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
birthDate 1876-08-17
burialPlace United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1951-12-15
educatedAt Eton College
employer UK government
surface form: British government

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
surface form: Foreign Office

League of Nations
era interwar period
fieldOfWork diplomacy
international relations
fullName James Eric Drummond
honorificPrefix Sir
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
Liberal Party (UK)
National Government (United Kingdom)
surface form: National Government (UK)
monarchDuringTerm George V
name Eric Drummond
nationality British
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Perth
notableFor being the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations
shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy
occupation civil servant
diplomat
politician
officeEnd 1933-06-30
officeStart 1919-09-10
participatedIn establishment of the League of Nations Secretariat
placeOfBirth North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
placeOfDeath United Kingdom
positionHeld British ambassador to Italy
Secretary-General of the League of Nations
Viscount Perth
member of the House of Lords
predecessor position created
religion Roman Catholicism
residence London, England
surface form: London
spouse Angela Mary Constable-Maxwell
successor Joseph Avenol
workedOn development of international civil service norms
early mechanisms for collective security

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