James Wilfred Lennon

From the 1930s until 1947 he was employed by the Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland. In 1947 he entered the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland) as Third Secretary, and rose through the ranks, serving as First Secretary in Paris (until 1960), then ambassador to Portugal (000000001961-01-01-0000January 1961 to 000000001962-04-01-0000April 1, 1962). From 000000001962-04-01-0000April 1, 1962 until 1966 he was Ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague, with co-accreditation in Copenhagen to Denmark. From 1967 till 1970 he was Ambassador to Spain in Madrid, then Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, a post he held until 1973. From there he was sent to Buenos Aires in Argentina, and after three hectic years in Buenos Aires he returned ill to Dublin, where he on 000000002003-06-28-0000June 28, 2003 resided.