Cecil Syers
British diplomat (1903-1981). Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa 1942-1946, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Dominions/Commonwealth Relations 1946-1948, Deputy Under-Secretary for Commonwealth Relations 1948-1951, High Commissioner to Ceylon 195
About Cecil Syers
Lived 1903 – 1981 (aged 77–78). Cecil Syers was a diplomat.
Sir Cecil George Lewis Syers, KCMG, CVO, JP (29 March 1903 – 4 December 1981) was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was private secretary to the Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940 and British High Commissioner to Ceylon from 1951 to 1957.
He was secretary of the University Grants Committee from 1958 to 1963.
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Who was Cecil Syers?
British diplomat (1903-1981). Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa 1942-1946, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Dominions/Commonwealth Relations 1946-1948, Deputy Under-Secretary for Commonwealth Relations 1948-1951, High Commissioner to Ceylon 195
When was Cecil Syers born?
Cecil Syers was born in 1903.
When did Cecil Syers die?
Cecil Syers died in 1981.
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Cecil Syers was a diplomat.
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