Eric Drummond

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British politician Secretary-General diplomat human

Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known for serving as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, helping to shape the early framework of modern international diplomacy.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Secretary-General → diplomat → human →
affiliation	League of Nations Secretariat →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
employer	Foreign Office of the United Kingdom → League of Nations →
familyName	Drummond →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → international organization administration → international relations →
fullName	James Eric Drummond →
givenName	Eric → James →
hasRole	head of international organization → international civil servant →
honorificTitle	1st Earl of Perth →
influenced	development of international civil service norms → later practices of the United Nations Secretariat →
languageSpoken	English → French → Italian →
memberOf	House of Lords → Liberal Party (UK) → National Government (UK) →
nobleTitle	Baron Drummond of Stobhall → Earl → Viscount Strathallan →
notableAchievement	helped establish procedures for multilateral diplomacy in the interwar period →
notableFor	being the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations → shaping the early framework of modern international diplomacy →
notableWork	establishing principles of international public administration → organization of the League of Nations Secretariat →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → politician →
partOf	British diplomatic service →
positionHeld	British Ambassador to Italy → Member of the House of Lords → Secretary-General of the League of Nations →
residence	Italy → Switzerland → United Kingdom →
workLocation	Geneva → London → Rome →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
League of Nations →	firstSecretaryGeneral
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations →	hasEmployee
Joseph Avenol →	precededBy