About Dermot MacDermot
Lived 1906 – 1989 (aged 83). Dermot MacDermot was a diplomat.
Sir Dermot MacDermot (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg.
MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College, and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar.
Sir Dermot MacDermot served as British Ambassador to Indonesia (1956–59) and Thailand (1961–65). He succeeded his brother as The MacDermot upon the latter's death in 1979. He wrote an account of the family titled "MacDermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family". The book chronicles the affairs of the Kings of Moylurg and their neighbours over the course of six hundred years.
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Who was Dermot MacDermot?
British diplomat (1906-1989)
When was Dermot MacDermot born?
Dermot MacDermot was born on 14 June 1906.
When did Dermot MacDermot die?
Dermot MacDermot died on 27 August 1989.
What was Dermot MacDermot's occupation?
Dermot MacDermot was a diplomat.
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