Alexander Morley
Sir Alexander Morley KCMG CBE (6 January 1908 – 19 September 1971) was a British diplomat. He served as High Commissioner to Ceylon and to Jamaica, and as ambassador of the United Kingdom to Hungary, retiring in 1967.
He was the son of Dr Arthur S. Morley FRCS and studied at Rugby School and Queen’s College, Oxford. He began his career at the India Office in 1930. From 1933 to 1936 he was Private Secretary to Rab Butler, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India. He worked in the Burma Office from 1938 to 1940, then moved to the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1940. After World War II he returned to the Burma Office (1945–1947) and then served as Economic Adviser to the Lord Privy Seal (1947–1949).
Joining the Commonwealth Relations Office, he was Deputy High Commissioner in New Zealand (1950–1952), Assistant Under-Secretary of State (1954), and Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta (1956). He was High Commissioner in Ceylon (1957–1962) and in Jamaica (1962–1965). In 1965 he became Ambassador to Hungary, serving until 1967.
In 1939 he married Hedy von Landesberger-Antburg in Vienna; they had one daughter. He was a member of the Travellers Club and published The Harrap Opera Guide in 1970. His retirement address was 47 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London.
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