Noel Charles
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Sir Noel Hughes Havelock Charles, 3rd Baronet (20 November 1891 - 8 September 1975) was a British diplomat.
Charles was the younger son of Sir Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet, and succeeded his elder brother in the title in 1936. He served as British Ambassador to Brazil from 1941 to 1944 and as British Ambassador to Italy from 1944 to 1947. He sent a memo to the British government suggesting that they urge Italy to set up a system of issuing exit permits to prevent Italy being used as a pathway for Jews seeking to reach Israel
. He was replaced as Ambassador to Italy by Sir Victor Mallet
in July 1947.
Charles died in September 1975, aged 83, when the baronetcy became extinct.
Charles was the younger son of Sir Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet, and succeeded his elder brother in the title in 1936. He served as British Ambassador to Brazil from 1941 to 1944 and as British Ambassador to Italy from 1944 to 1947. He sent a memo to the British government suggesting that they urge Italy to set up a system of issuing exit permits to prevent Italy being used as a pathway for Jews seeking to reach Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. He was replaced as Ambassador to Italy by Sir Victor Mallet
Victor Mallet
Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet GCMG was a British diplomat and author.The son of Sir Bernard Mallet and Marie Adeane, and the godson of Queen Victoria, he was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He married Christiana Jean Andreae in 1925; they had three sons and a...
in July 1947.
Charles died in September 1975, aged 83, when the baronetcy became extinct.
Sources
- Gilbert, MartinMartin GilbertSir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of over eighty books, including works on the Holocaust and Jewish history...
. Israel: A History. (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998) p. 124 - Gat, Moshe. Britain and Italy: 1943-1949, The Decline of British Influence. (Brighton, United Kingdom: Sussex Academic Press, 1996) p. 131.