Oscar Morland

Sir Oscar Charles Morland, GBE, KCMG, (23 March 1904 – 20 May 1980) was a British diplomat. He was the British ambassador in Japan and Indonesia.

Early life

Oscar Charles Morland was son of Harold John Morland (28 Jul 1869 – 9 Oct 1939).

He married Alice on 1932, daughter of Sir Francis Oswald Lindley, PC, GCMG (12 Jun 1872 – 17 Aug 1950). The union produced four sons.

He was educated at Leighton Park School and at King's College, Cambridge.

Career

• Joined HM Consular Service, 1927.
• Served in Japan, Manchuria, London. Under Sec., Cabinet Office,
• 1950–1953; Ambassador to Indonesia,
• 1953–1956; Asst Under-Sec., FO,
• 1956–1959. Mem., Leeds Regional Hosp. Bd,
• 1959–1963. Ambassador to Japan
• 1965–1974 (Chm. Mental Health and Geriatrics Cttee, 1972–74)

See also

• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Indonesia
• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
• Anglo-Japanese relations

Notes

References

• Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ; OCLC 42645589
• Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ; OCLC 249167170

External links

• UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission