Herbert Gamble

Sir Frederick Herbert Gamble (21 May 1907 – 21 June 1983) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Ecuador from 1955 to 1957, consul-general in Los Angeles from 1959 to 1964, and ambassador to Bolivia from 1964 to 1967.

Early life and education

Gamble was born on 21 May 1907, the son of Frederick West Gamble and Edith (née Moore). He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College Dublin.

Career

Gamble entered the Levant Consular Service in 1930, and was posted to Istanbul as vice-consul. In 1932, he was sent to Jedda; in 1933 to Shiraz; and in 1934 to Bushire. That year he was transferred to Tehran, and given the rank of third secretary and appointed vice-consul. In 1938, he was posted to Durazzo as vice-consul and promoted to second secretary.

In 1940, he was acting consul at Fez, and in the following year successively at Lisbon, Athens and Elisabethville. From 1942 to 1943, was vice-consul at Kermanshah. Between 1944 and 1948, he served successively at Tehran, Barifrom, Suez, and Mosul. In 1948, he was promoted to counsellor and posted to Baghdad, and in 1952, was transferred to Athens. and from 1959 to 1964, as consul-general at Los Angeles. In 1964, he was appointed ambassador to Bolivia, and remained in the post until his retirement in 1967.

Personal life and death

Gamble married Janine Corbisier de Cobreville in 1942 and they had two daughters.