Hastings Ismay

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British Army officer Secretary General of NATO diplomat general human

Hastings Ismay was a British general and diplomat who became the inaugural Secretary General of NATO, helping to shape the alliance’s early structure and strategy.

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Baron Ismay 2
Hastings Lionel Ismay 1
Lord Ismay 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Secretary General of NATO ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hastings Ismay ⓘ
surface form: Baron Ismay

Hastings Ismay ⓘ
surface form: Lord Ismay
awardReceived Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Leopold ⓘ
surface form: Order of Leopold (Belgium)

Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Star of India
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-06-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1965-12-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Charterhouse School ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
employer UK government ⓘ
surface form: British Government

NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
familyName Ismay ⓘ
fullName Hastings Ismay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hastings Lionel Ismay
genre military history ⓘ
givenName Hastings ⓘ
inauguralHolderOfOffice NATO Secretary General ⓘ
surface form: Secretary General of NATO
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
nobleTitle Hastings Ismay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baron Ismay

Baron Ismay of Wormington ⓘ
notableFor helping to shape NATO’s early structure and strategy ⓘ
notableWork NATO: The First Five Years ⓘ
office 1st Secretary General of NATO ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Nainital ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Deputy Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence ⓘ
Military Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence ⓘ
NATO Secretary General ⓘ
surface form: Secretary General of NATO
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedWith Winston Churchill ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hastings Ismay → alsoKnownAs → Hastings Ismay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron Ismay
Hastings Ismay → alsoKnownAs → Hastings Ismay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Ismay
NATO Secretary General → firstHolder → Hastings Ismay ⓘ
Hastings Ismay → fullName → Hastings Ismay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hastings Lionel Ismay
Hastings Ismay → nobleTitle → Hastings Ismay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron Ismay