George Warner

Sir George Redston Warner (18 July 1879 – 23 June 1978) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland from 1935 to 1940.

Early life and education

Warner was born on 18 July 1879, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Joseph Warner. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

Warner entered the Foreign Office in 1903 before he transferred to the Diplomatic Service in 1906, and served as acting third secretary at Tangier until 1908. After ten years back in the Foreign Office, he was sent to Oslo as first secretary, a post he held from 1920 to 1921. He then returned to work at the Foreign Office, was promoted to counsellor in 1925, and rose to head of the Treaty Department where he remained from 1925 to 1935. In 1935, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne, a post he held until 1940.

In 1940, he returned to London where he served as head of the Prisoner of War Department before he retired in 1941. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1935 New Years Honours.