James Beethom Whitehead

Sir James Beethom Whitehead, KCMG, JP (1858–1928) was a British diplomat, who was British Minister to Serbia 1906–1910.

Biography

Whitehead was the second son of the engineer Robert Whitehead (1823–1905) by his wife Frances Maria Johnson (1821–1883), and was educated in Austria and at St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1881, MA 1887).[1]

He entered the diplomatic service in 1881, was appointed Third Secretary in November 1883,[2] and promoted to Second Secretary on 1 January 1887.[3] On 1 October 1898 he was appointed Secretary of Legation at Tokyo,[4] in October 1901 he transferred as First Secretary of Legation at Brussels,[5] and in August 1902 he was appointed Secretary at the embassy in Constantinople.[6][7] In December 1903 he transferred as First Secretary to the embassy in Berlin, and on 1 April 1904 he was promoted to Counselor.[8]

He was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia in June 1906,[9] serving as such until 1910. While in this position, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1909 Birthday Honours list in June 1909.[10]

He was a Justice of the peace for Hampshire.

Family

Whitehead married on 15 April 1896 the Hon. Marian Cecilia Brodrick (b.1869), youngest daughter of the 8th Viscount Midleton, and had issue :[1][11]

  • George Robert Beethom Whitehead (1897–1981)
  • Augusta Alice Cecilia Whitehead (b.1898)
  • John William St John Whitehead (1901–1984), stockbroker and pre-WWII amateur aviator.[12]
  • Frances Edith Marian Whitehead (1903–1992), who married Sir John Paget Bowman, 4th Baronet (1904–1994)
  • Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead, KCMG, OBE (1905–1971), who became Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
  • Hugh Laurence James Whitehead (1908–1945)
  • Arthur Wilfred Alexander Whitehead (1911–1940)

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-James-Beethom-Whitehead-KCMG/6000000009143405104
  2. ↑ "No. 25293". The London Gazette. 4 December 1883. p. 6265.
  3. ↑ "No. 25664". The London Gazette. 14 January 1887. p. 221.
  4. ↑ "No. 27020". The London Gazette. 4 November 1898. p. 6451.
  5. ↑ "No. 27373". The London Gazette. 8 November 1901. p. 7221.
  6. ↑ "Diplomatic appointments". The Times (36857). London. 27 August 1902. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5888.
  8. ↑ "No. 27691". The London Gazette. 1 July 1904. p. 4179.
  9. ↑ "No. 27936". The London Gazette. 31 July 1906. p. 5232.
  10. ↑ "No. 28263". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1909. pp. 4853–4860.
  11. ↑ Debrett′s Baronage, Knightage and Companionage, 1914
  12. ↑ Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificate: John William St John Whitehead
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger acting		 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Serbia
1906-10		 Succeeded by
Sir Ralph Paget
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