Ivor Porter
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Sir Ivor F. Porter (b. 1913) is a former British Ambassador and author.
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[edit] Education
Porter was raised in the Lake District and educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School, Leeds University and Cambridge University.
[edit] Foreign Office
He joined the Foreign Office in May 1946 and was posted in Washington, Cyprus, India, and the delegation to NATO in Paris. He was presented with the title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to several West African nations and the Geneva Arms Control Committee.
[edit] Special Operations Executive
In 1939 Porter was sent to Bucharest, Romania on an academic post with the British Council but was quickly transfered to the Legation, and remained until Nazi occupation. In 1943 Porter was recruited by SOE, later leading a covert three-man mission that was parachuted into Romania to instigate resistance against the Nazis at "any cost." The SOE agents were captured by enemy forces and held as prisoners-of-war until the country's August 1944 coup d'état.
[edit] Author
Porter has written two books since retirement: Operation Autonomous: With SOE in Wartime Romania and Michael of Romania: The King and the Country.[1]
[edit] Miscellaneous
Porter is the son-in-law of American politician John A. Denison. He resides in London, England.
[edit] External links
- PFD Publishing
- Operation AUTONOMOUS (Romanian) [1]
