Photograph album of Charles Peake, Press Officer to Lord Halifax

Photograph album relating to the journey of Lord and Lady Halifax to New York, prior to becoming Ambassador to the USA, on HMS George V. The photographs were taken by Lord Halifax's press officer, Charles Peake.

Sir Charles Peake was born in 1897, the son of William Pemberton Peake, a medical doctor, and Alice Ambrosine Bucknell, later a supporter of the Women's Suffrage movement. Educated at Wyggeston Grammar School in Leicester, Charles Peake served in the First World War and afterwards joined the Diplomatic Service. In 1939 he became head of the Foreign Office News Department and Chief Press Advisor to the Ministry of Information. In 1941 he was posted to Washington DC in the United States as Acting Counsellor and worked closely with the 1st Earl of Halifax, the British Ambassador.
After the war he served as British Ambassador in Yugoslavia and later in Athens. He died in 1958.

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Sir Charles Peake was born in 1897, the son of William Pemberton Peake, a medical doctor, and Alice Ambrosine Bucknell, later a supporter of the Women's Suffrage movement. Educated at Wyggeston Grammar School in Leicester, Charles Peake served in the First World War and afterwards joined the Diplomatic Service. In 1939 he became head of the Foreign Office News Department and Chief Press Advisor to the Ministry of Information. In 1941 he was posted to Washington DC in the United States as Acting Counsellor and worked closely with the 1st Earl of Halifax, the British Ambassador.
After the war he served as British Ambassador in Yugoslavia and later in Athens. He died in 1958.

Created by S.A. Shearn, 27.01.22.

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