Geoffrey Wallinger

British diplomat (1903–1979)

Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger GBE KCMG (2 May 1903 – 5 July 1979) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Hungary and ambassador to Thailand, Austria and Brazil. He was a signatory of the treaty that ended the occupation of Austria following World War II.

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Honours
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Career[edit]

Wallinger was educated at Sherborne School (where he played cricket for the school[1]) and Clare College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1926[2] and served at Cairo, Vienna, Pretoria and Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Nanking (the capital of the Kuomintang government of China) as well as at the Foreign Office.

Wallinger was Minister (head of mission) to Hungary 1949–51[3] and Ambassador to Thailand 1951–54.[4] He was appointed Ambassador to Austria in 1954,[5] but served as High Commissioner until Austria was released from Allied occupation; during that time he completed the negotiations of,[6] and signed, the Austrian Independence Treaty of May 1955. He remained in Vienna as Ambassador until 1958. He was then Ambassador to Brazil 1958–63.[7]

## Honours[edit]

Wallinger was appointed CMG in 1947,[8] knighted KCMG in the 1953 Coronation Honours,[9] and awarded the additional, senior knighthood of GBE in the 1963 New Year Honours.[10]

## References[edit]

* WALLINGER, Sir Geoffrey (Arnold), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

1. ^ Geoffrey Wallinger at CricketArchive
2. ^ "No. 33227". The London Gazette. 7 December 1926. p. 8008.
3. ^ "No. 38702". The London Gazette. 30 August 1949. p. 4189.
4. ^ "No. 39323". The London Gazette. 31 August 1951. p. 4608.
5. ^ "No. 40115". The London Gazette. 2 March 1954. p. 1317.
6. ^ United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Volume 7, Part 1, U.S. Department of State, 1956
7. ^ "No. 41525". The London Gazette. 17 October 1958. p. 6335.
8. ^ "No. 37977". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1947. p. 2576.
9. ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 2945.
10. ^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1962. p. 20.

## External links[edit]

* Portraits of Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger (1903-1979), Diplomat, Ambassador to Thailand, Austria and to Brazil at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Diplomatic posts

Preceded by

Sir Knox Helm

|  Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Budapest
1949–1951  | Succeeded by

Robert Hankey

Preceded by

Sir John Magowan

|  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Bangkok
1951–1954  | Succeeded by

Sir Berkeley Gage

Preceded by

Sir Harold Caccia

|  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Vienna
1954–1958  | Succeeded by

Sir James Bowker

Preceded by

Sir Geoffrey Harrison

|  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro
1958–1963  | Succeeded by

Sir Leslie Fry