London, Feb. 22.
Mr, Hugh Lloyd Thomas, British Minister in Paris since 1935, was killed to-day while riding in the Harrington steeplechase at Derby. His neck was broken when his horse fell at the last obstacle.
Mr. Thomas is not io be confounded with the British Ambassador at Paris who is Sir Eric Phipps.
Forty-nine years of age, Mr. Thomas was Diplomatic Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1924 and 1929. He accompanied the Duke of Gloucester on the Garter Mission to Japan in May, 1929.
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