George Labouchère

Who is George Labouchère?

Sir George Peter Labouchere, a descendant of a Huguenot family exiled in the 17th century to England, CMG 1951, KCMG 1955, GBE 1964, was a British diplomat and a modern art collector.

He was Deputy-Commissioner for Austria, 1951–1953, HM Minister to Hungary, 1953–1955, British Ambassador to Belgium, 1955–1960, British Ambassador to Spain, 1960 - 1966. He was a member of the Society of Dilettanti and was associated at various stages with the Tate Gallery Museum, London.

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On 10 May 1943, he married Rachel Hamilton-Russell, grand-daughter of the 8th Viscount Boyne. Dudmaston Hall, now run by the National Trust, was Sir George's ancestral home, and the couple settled there to restore it in their retirement.