Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

General The Right Honourable Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, PC (21 June 1887–17 December 1965) was a British soldier, diplomat and painter.

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General - The Right Honourable - PC - 21 June - 1887 - 17 December - 1965 - British

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He joined the Indian Army and served during World War I in Somaliland. During World War II he was Winston Churchill's Chief of Staff, retiring from the British Army in 1946. He then served as chief of staff to Lord Mountbatten of Burma, then Viceroy of India. In 1951 he was made Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, and in 1952 became the first Secretary General of NATO, a post he held until 1957.

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Indian Army - World War I - Somaliland - World War II - Winston Churchill - Lord Mountbatten of Burma - Viceroy of India - 1951 - Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations - 1952 - Secretary General of NATO - 1957

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In January 1947 he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Ismay, of Wormington in the County of Gloucester. Reputedly a homosexual, Baron Ismay died without heirs and hence on his death the title became extinct.

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