John Tilley (diplomat)

Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley GCMG GCVO CB PC (January 1869 5 April 1952) was a British diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Brazil from 1921 to 1925, and Ambassador to Japan from 1926 to 1931.

Sir John Tilley
GCMG GCVO CB PC
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1926–1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Charles Eliot
Succeeded bySir Francis Oswald Lindley
British Ambassador to Brazil
In office
1921–1925
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Ralph Paget
Succeeded bySir Beilby Alston
Personal details
BornJanuary 1869
Died5 April 1952
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Edith Honoria Montgomery-Cuninghame
(m. 1901)
Parent
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge (BA, MA)
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