He wrote and lectured on international affairs, and translated into English from French, German and Spanish.
[1] W. Horsfall Carter was educated at St John's College, Oxford, where he gained a first in modern languages in 1922.
After a while as Laming Travelling Fellow at Queen's College, Oxford, Carter entered journalism.
He wrote leaders for the Manchester Guardian in 1940–42, and was European Publicity Officer for the BBC in 1942–43.
[1] Becoming a civil servant, Carter worked for the Research Department of the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1951, rising to be Head of the Western Europe Section from 1947 to 1951.