Henry Chilton
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Sir Henry Getty Chilton , C.M.G.
(* 15 October 1887; † 1954) was a British
diplomat to Spain during the Spanish Civil War
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On arriving in Buenos Aires in September 1933 from his Embassy in Chile, Sir Henry Chilton opened a lengthy and increasingly desperate negotiation with London about the state of his official residence.
During the Spanish Civil War he was strong admirer of the Nationalist. He refused to relocate to Madrid
and preferred to stay in Hendaye
, because of the Republican atrocities. He was replaced by Samuel Hoare, a.k.a. Samuel Gurney Hoare, (1880 - 1959), also a parafascist admirer of General Francisco Franco
's new dictatorship on the war-torn country. He was then suspended of work, apparently, but figured later in the British Ministry of Information pay lists since 1945.
Order of St Michael and St George
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(* 15 October 1887; † 1954) was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
diplomat to Spain during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
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On arriving in Buenos Aires in September 1933 from his Embassy in Chile, Sir Henry Chilton opened a lengthy and increasingly desperate negotiation with London about the state of his official residence.
During the Spanish Civil War he was strong admirer of the Nationalist. He refused to relocate to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and preferred to stay in Hendaye
Hendaye
Hendaye is the most south-westerly town and commune in France, lying in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and located in the traditional province Lapurdi of the French Basque Country...
, because of the Republican atrocities. He was replaced by Samuel Hoare, a.k.a. Samuel Gurney Hoare, (1880 - 1959), also a parafascist admirer of General Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
's new dictatorship on the war-torn country. He was then suspended of work, apparently, but figured later in the British Ministry of Information pay lists since 1945.
Source
- Antony Beevor(2009), The Battle for Spain, The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939