George Dixon Grahame

Sir George Dixon Grahame GCMG GCVO PC (28 April 1873 – 9 July 1940)[1] was a British diplomat.

He entered the Diplomatic Service in 1896, was attaché to the Paris Embassy in 1897, promoted Second Secretary in September 1902, appointed Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin the same year, then at Buenos Aires in 1903 and at Paris in 1905.

[2][3] He became Minister Plenipotentiary in 1918, participating in the peace negotiations and signed the Treaty of Sèvres on behalf of the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

[4] He retired in 1935 and died at Rio de Janeiro on 9 July 1940.

[2][5] His obituary in The Times noted: 'The tallest man in the Diplomatic Service, his great height and his vivid blue eyes made him a notable figure in any gathering.