Baronet, was a member of the Government's Industrial Advisory Board on rearmament before the war and a member of the Royal Commission on the distribution of industrial population, Sir Esmond Ovey, Ambassador to Argentine, who receives the G.C.M.G., is- married to a Brazilian lady, He is one of the most distinguished and] experienced British diplomats, He was originally knighted for his work in Mexico, When he went to Moscow in 1929 after his appointment to Brazil' was cancelled at the 11th hour, he started an exciting period in Anglo-Russian relations, At one period he worked night and day on behalf of British engineers who were imprisoned by the Soviet authorities, and his reports to London on the Subject were remarkable for their clarity and outspokenness.—Reuter.
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