Alexander Cadogan
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Sir Alexander George Montagu Cadogan OM GCMG KCB PC (25 November 1884–9 July 1968) was a British civil servant. An alumnus of Eton College, he was United Kingdom Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1938 to 1946, representative to the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944, member of the Privy Council in 1946, Britain's representative to the United Nations from 1946 to 1950, and Chairman of Board of Governors of the BBC from 1952 to 1957.
He is known to have been in frequent conflict with Sir Neville Meyrick Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany, throughout 1939 over the proper stance Britain should take toward the Nazi regime.
| Preceded by: Robert Gilbert Vansittart |
Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1938–1946 |
Succeeded by: Orme Sargent |
| Preceded by: Ernest Darwin Simon |
Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors 1952 - 1957 |
Succeeded by: Sir Arthur fforde |
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