Published July 29, 2012 | Version 29 July 2012

ISMAY, Hastings Lionel

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  • 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2. The College of Wooster, United States
  • 3. Geneva, Switzerland

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British military and first Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1952-1957 Was born 21 June 1887 in Naini Tal, Uttar Pradesh, India, and passed away on 17 December 1965 at Wormington Grange, Broadway, Worcestershire, England. He was the younger son of Sir Stanley Ismay, a member of the viceroy's Legislative Council and later chief justice of the court in Mysore in the state of Kamataka, India, and Beatrice Ellen Read. On 4 August 1921 he married Laura Kathleen Clegg. They had three daughters. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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