
Sir Charles Murray Marling (3 December 1862 – 17 February 1933) was a British diplomat.
Early life
Marling was born on 3 December 1862 in the village of
King's Stanley
King's Stanley is a civil parish and village in Gloucestershire, England, to the south of Stonehouse and southwest of the town of Stroud.
Geography
The village is part of what is known locally as 'The Stanleys', along with its western neigh ...
near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the second son of
Sir William Marling, 2nd Baronet.
His brother was
Percival Marling who was awarded the Victoria Cross.
He was educated at
Wellington
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1888.
Diplomat
On 8 March 1919 he was appointed as the minister to
Denmark
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.
He was the British ambassador during the constitutional revolution in Iran in 1905-1907.
From 1921 he was based at the Hague from where he retired five years later, he was promoted to
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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.
Honours
*He was awarded the Grand Cross of Order of the Dannebrog for service in Denmark.
*He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the
1911 Coronation Honours
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The honours were covered in the press at the time, including in ''The Times'' on 20 June 1 ...
.
*On 3 June 1916 Marling was appointed as a
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...
(KCMG).
*On 5 June 1926 Marling was promoted to
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...
(GCMG).
Family life
In 1909, Marling married Lucia Slade, the only daughter of Sir
John Ramsay Slade
Major-General Sir John Ramsay Slade (16 March 1843 – 4 September 1913) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt.
Early life and education
Slade was born at Berwick House in Berwick St Leo ...
and granddaughter of
Marcus Slade.
They had two daughters and a son.
Lucia died in 1927 in a motoring accident at
Dieppe
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Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...
, France.
Marling died at his London home on 16 February 1933 aged 70.
References
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1862 births
1933 deaths
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iran
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
People from Stroud District