Stewart Perowne
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Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1901 - 1989
Occupation
Politics
Notable Achievements
OBE, FRSA
Description
Diplomat and ambassador, having been posted to Malta, Aden, Iraq, Barbados, Libya and Israel. Colonial Secretary to Barbados (1947); political adviser in Cyrenaica (1950-51). Became an expert in Mediterranean antiquities, a subject on which he wrote many books. Appointed OBE (1944), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Though married, he later divorced and confirmed his homosexuality.
