Ronald William Graham

Sir Ronald William Graham, (24 July 1870 – 26 January 1949) was a British diplomat and the British Ambassador to Italy from 1921 to 1933. with his first foreign post at Paris. In 1904, he was promoted to first secretary and worked at the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, before moving to Cairo as a Counsellor. and to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary in 1916.

After a period as Minister at the Hague from 1919 (and concurrently accredited to Luxembourg), he was sworn into Privy Council in 1921 and appointed Ambassador to Italy. She was given permission to wear the Grand Cordon of the Order of El Kemal in 1916.

His wife died six months after Graham retired and they had no children.

Honours

Graham was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1910 Birthday Honours. Graham was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1915, while serving as an adviser to the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile in the same year. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1923, on the occasion of the King's visit to Rome, and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 1926 Birthday Honours.

He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1932 Birthday Honours.