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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Houstoun-Boswall served with the [[Black Watch]] during World War I,{{London Gazette |issue=28860 |date=4 August 1914 |page=6074 }} rose to the rank of captain, was awarded the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre, and was mentioned in despatches. |
Houstoun-Boswall served with the [[Black Watch]] during [[World War I]],{{London Gazette |issue=28860 |date=4 August 1914 |page=6074 }} rose to the rank of captain, was awarded the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre, and was mentioned in despatches. |
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In 1921, he joined the Diplomatic Service as third secretary,{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=13714 |date=7 June 1921 |page=963 }}and was posted to Madrid and Paris. After a spell in the Foreign Office, he was sent as second secretary to The Hague and Lisbon.{{London Gazette |issue=33050 |date=26 May 1925 |page=3550 }} In 1929, he was seconded to the Dominions Office and served in the [[Union of South Africa]] until 1932. |
In 1921, he joined the Diplomatic Service as third secretary,{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=13714 |date=7 June 1921 |page=963 }}and was posted to [[Madrid]] and then [[Paris]]. After a spell in the Foreign Office, he was sent as second secretary to [[The Hague]] and [[Lisbon]].{{London Gazette |issue=33050 |date=26 May 1925 |page=3550 }} In 1929, he was seconded to the [[Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs|Dominions Office]] and served in the [[Union of South Africa]] until 1932. |
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After promotion to first secretary in 1933, he served at Budapest and Oslo. Postings at Baghdad and Tokyo followed |
After promotion to first secretary in 1933, he served at [[Budapest]] and [[Oslo]]. Postings at [[Baghdad]] and [[Tokyo]] followed after promotion to counsellor of Embassy.{{London Gazette |issue=34917 |date=9 August 1940 |page=4874 }} In 1944, he was seconded and served on the staff of the resident minister in [[West Africa]] with the rank of minister. After serving as British political representative in [[Bulgaria]] from 1944 to 1946, he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Lebanon,{{London Gazette |issue=38010 |date=8 July 1947 |page=3131 }} a post he held until his retirement from the service in 1951. |
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== Personal life and death == |
== Personal life and death == |
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Houstoun-Boswall died on 2 August 1960, aged 68.{{Cite news |date=6 August 1960 |title=Deaths |work=[[The Times]] |pages=8}} |
Houstoun-Boswall died on 2 August 1960, aged 68.{{Cite news |date=6 August 1960 |title=Deaths |work=[[The Times]] |pages=8}} |
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