Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice (15 July 1865 – 23 March 1939) was a British diplomat. Born in Dublin, Fitzmaurice was descended from a minor branch of the

Petty-Fitzmaurice Petty-Fitzmaurice is a double-barrelled surname of Irish origin. People with the name Petty-Fitzmaurice include: * Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (1917–1944), peer of Great Britain * Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Mar ...

family. In 1888, he joined the

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. In December 1902 he was appointed to serve on the Joint Commission for the demarcation of the border between the British-ruled

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and interior tribes loyal to the Ottoman Empire. In 1905 he was appointed British

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to Constantinople. In 1907 he was made chief

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, and in 1908 he received the rank of first secretary. He retired from the consular service in 1921. Fitzmaurice was a Roman Catholic and was buried in a simple grave at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Kensal Green in London.divainternational.ch
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1865 births 1939 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British diplomats Dragomans

Gerald Gerald is a masculine given name derived from the Germanic languages prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Gerald is a Norman French variant of the Germanic name. An Old English equivalent name was Garweald, the likely original ...

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