Geoffrey Harrison
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Sir Geoffrey Harrison GCMG KCVO |
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| British Ambassador to the Soviet Union | |
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In office 27 August 1965 – 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Humphrey Trevelyan |
| Succeeded by | Sir Archibald Duncan Wilson |
| British Ambassador to Iran | |
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In office 3 November 1958 – 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Roger Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Sir Denis Wright |
| British Ambassador to Brazil | |
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In office 1 October 1956 – 1958 |
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| Preceded by | Geoffrey Harington Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Wallinger |
| Personal details | |
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Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison 18 July 1908 Southsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 12 April 1990 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Katherine Clive (m. 1935) |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Sir Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison GCMG KCVO (18 July 1908 – 12 April 1990) was a British diplomat, who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Brazil, Iran and the Soviet Union. Harrison's tenure in Moscow was terminated in 1968, when he was recalled to London after his admission to the Foreign Office that he had an affair with his Russian maid, later revealed as a KGB "honey trap" operation.
Harrison was born in Southsea, Hampshire. His parents were Thomas Edmund Harrison, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and Maud Winifred Godman. He was educated at Winchester College in Hampshire and then at King's College, Cambridge. He joined the Foreign Office in 1932 and was posted to Japan and Germany before the outbreak of World War II. On 2 July 1935, he married Amy Katherine Clive (the daughter of Sir Robert Clive, the British Ambassador to Japan) at the embassy in Tokyo.
In October 1932, Harrison was appointed as a Third Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and in October 1937, he was promoted to Second Secretary. In July 1942, he was Acting First Secretary.
As a junior diplomat at the Foreign Office, Harrison drafted a memorandum, "The Future of Austria", which greatly contributed to the notion of Austria as an independent state. Harrison also contributed to the British draft declaration on Austria for the 1943 Moscow Declaration.
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