"I attached much importance to the selection of a new British Ambassador to Germany... I selected Sir Nevile Henderson. The responsibility for this decision was, of course, entirely mine, but the recommendation in his favour was strong and no one foresaw the opinions he was to hold... The most fancied alternatives were Sir Miles Lampson and Sir Percy Loraine, and I deeply regret that I did not choose either of them in preference to the diplomat who was recommended to me."
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Ambassadors of Great Britain and the United KingdomBritish Ambassadors to Prussia and GermanyBritish Ambassadors to Argentina
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Anthony Eden, The Eden Memoirs: Facing the Dictators (1962), pp. 503-504
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Nevile Henderson
1938 – 1940
Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson (10 June 1882 – 30 December 1942) was a British diplomat who served as the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Germany from 1937 to 1939.
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