WASHINGTON EMBASSY.
SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES APPOINTED By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. London, Feb. 26. Sir Auckland Geddes, President of the Board of Trade, has been appointed a3 British Ambassador at Washington.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SIR R. HORNE AS SUCCESSOR. Received March 1, 10.35 p.m. London, Feb. 26. It is definitely stated in the Parliamentary lobby that Sir Auckland Geddes has been selected Ambassador to Washington. Sir Robert Home (Minister for Labor) is likely to succeed him on the Board of Trade.—Reutsr Service. The Washington Embassy has been vacant since the retirement of the late Sir C. A. Spring Rice in January, 1918. From January, 1918, to May, 1919, the Earl of Reading acted as High Commissioner at Washington, and Viscount Grey recently returned from a special mission to the United States. Sir Auckland Geddes is now President of the Board of Trade. Before the war he was Professor of Anatomy in McGill University, Canada, and was brought into the War Cabinet, with his brother, Sir Eric Geddes, by Mr. Lloyd George, in 1917. He became successively Director of Recruiting and Minister of Reconstruction and National Service. He is 41 years of age.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1920, Page 5
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