George Percy Churchill

George Percy Churchill CBE FSA (1877–1973) was a British historian and diplomat.

Early life He was born in 1877 the son of Henry Adrian Churchill, an archaeological explorer and British diplomat. Three of his four brothers, Harry Lionel, Sidney John Alexander William Algernon were also diplomats.

In 1906 he married Muriel East (d. 1968) with whom he had two sons.

Career He was Oriental Secretary at the British Legation in Tehran from 1903. He could read and write in the Persian language and translated The Constitution granted to Persia, 30 December 1906 and, at a date unknown, wrote Farhang-i rijāl-i Qājār

In 1906 he wrote Biographical Notices of Persian Statesmen and Notables comprising an index of prominent Qajar statesmen, a collection of notes, genealogical tables, and over 300 seal impressions. Copies are held at the India Office records at the British Library, the Foreign Office records at the National Archives, and in libraries at Bamberg, Cambridge and Canberra. a position to which his father had previously been posted in 1863. In 1927 he wrote A Historical Sketch of Algeria.