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	==Diplomatic career==		==Diplomatic career==
	[[File:Adhemar de Barros-Sir Leslie Fry-Marian Bentley-Leonor Mendes de Barros (1964).jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Sir Leslie Fry and Marian Bentley in Brazil with [[Adhemar de Barros\|Adhemar]] (left) and Leonor Mendes de Barros (right), 1964.<br/>[[Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo]].]]		[[File:Adhemar de Barros-Sir Leslie Fry-Marian Bentley-Leonor Mendes de Barros (1964).jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Sir Leslie Fry and Marian Bentley in Brazil with [[Adhemar de Barros\|Adhemar]] (left) and Leonor Mendes de Barros (right), 1964.<br/>[[Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo]].]]
	On 23 June 1947, Fry joined His Majesty's Foreign Service at the Seventh Grade<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38534/page/698\|title=No. 38534\|date=8 February 1949\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref><ref name="Besier2015">{{cite book\|author=Gerhard Besier\|title='Intimately Associated for Many Years': George K. A. Bell's and Willem A. Visser 't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal – Mirrored in their Correspondence (Part Two 1950–1958)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7MPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1070\|accessdate=20 October 2018\|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4438-8625-3\|page=1070}}</ref> listed alongside his cousin, Robert Morton Saner OBE. On 30 October 1947, Fry transferred from the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)\|Indian Civil Service]] to the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38148/page/5943\|title=No. 38148\|date=16 December 1947\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> From 1951 to 1953, he served as Minister-Counsellor in [[Lisbon]]. Between 1953 to 1955, he was Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department.		On 23 June 1947, Fry joined His Majesty's Foreign Service at the Seventh Grade<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38534/page/698\|title=No. 38534\|date=8 February 1949\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref><ref name="Besier2015">{{cite book\|author=Gerhard Besier\|title='Intimately Associated for Many Years': George K. A. Bell's and Willem A. Visser 't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal – Mirrored in their Correspondence (Part Two 1950–1958)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7MPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1070\|accessdate=20 October 2018\|date=25 November 2015\|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4438-8625-3\|page=1070}}</ref> listed alongside his cousin, Robert Morton Saner OBE. On 30 October 1947, Fry transferred from the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)\|Indian Civil Service]] to the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38148/page/5943\|title=No. 38148\|date=16 December 1947\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> From 1951 to 1953, he served as Minister-Counsellor in [[Lisbon]]. Between 1953 and 1955, he was Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department.

	On 24 October 1955, he was appointed Her Majesty's [[Envoy (title)\|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary]] to Hungary.<ref name="Cook2012">{{cite book\|author=Chris Cook\|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA76\|accessdate=20 October 2018\|date=2 October 2012\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-136-50961-2\|page=76}}</ref> On 11 February 1959, he was ambassador to Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41676/page/2264\|title=No. 41676\|date=7 April 1959\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> On 16 June 1963, he replaced [[Geoffrey Wallinger]] as ambassador to Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43093/page/7201\|title=No. 43093\|date=27 August 1963\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>		On 24 October 1955, he was appointed Her Majesty's [[Envoy (title)\|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary]] to Hungary.<ref name="Cook2012">{{cite book\|author=Chris Cook\|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA76\|accessdate=20 October 2018\|date=2 October 2012\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-136-50961-2\|page=76}}</ref> On 11 February 1959, he was ambassador to Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41676/page/2264\|title=No. 41676\|date=7 April 1959\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> On 16 June 1963, he replaced [[Geoffrey Wallinger]] as ambassador to Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43093/page/7201\|title=No. 43093\|date=27 August 1963\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>

	Fry retired in 1966 and returned to Britain.		Fry retired in 1966 and returned to Britain.

	===Awards and honours===		===Awards and honours===
	* ~~1 January~~ 1944 awarded MBE<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36309/supplement/23\|title=No. 36309\|date=1 January 1944\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when serving in the Indian Political Service as "Under Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department"		* [[1944 New Year Honours]] awarded MBE<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36309/supplement/23\|title=No. 36309\|date=1 January 1944\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when serving in the Indian Political Service as "Under Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department"
	* 14 August 1947 awarded [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/26\|title=No. 38161\|date=30 December 1947\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when "Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department"		* 14 August 1947 awarded [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/26\|title=No. 38161\|date=30 December 1947\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when "Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department"
	* ~~9 June~~ 1955 awarded [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40497/supplement/3261\|title=No. 40497\|date=9 June 1955\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>		* [[1955 Birthday Honours]] awarded [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40497/supplement/3261\|title=No. 40497\|date=9 June 1955\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>
	* ~~13 June~~ 1957 awarded KCMG<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41089/supplement/3371\|title=No. 41089\|date=13 June 1957\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>		* [[1957 Birthday Honours]] awarded KCMG<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41089/supplement/3371\|title=No. 41089\|date=13 June 1957\|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>

	===Bibliography ===		===Bibliography ===

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	'''Sir Leslie Alfred Charles Fry''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCMG\|		'''Sir Leslie Alfred Charles Fry''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KCMG\|
	\|OBE}} (17 April 1908 – 21 October 1976) was a British diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Hungary, Indonesia and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Fry, Major Sir Leslie Alfred Charles \|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-154651 \|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|accessdate=20 October 2018 \|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U154651 \|date=December ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross by the Government of Brazil. When the Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956 to repress the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|Hungarian Revolution]], he opened the doors of the British embassy to Hungarian refugees, receiving a knighthood the following year.		\|OBE}} (17 April 1908 – 21 October 1976) was a British diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Hungary, Indonesia and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Fry, Major Sir Leslie Alfred Charles \|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-154651 \|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|accessdate=20 October 2018 \|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U154651 \|date=December 2007}}</ref> He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross by the Government of Brazil. When the Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956 to repress the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|Hungarian Revolution]], he opened the doors of the British embassy to Hungarian refugees, receiving a knighthood the following year.

	==Life==		==Life==

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'''Sir Leslie Alfred Charles Fry''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG|
|OBE}} (17 April 1908 – 21 October 1976) was a British diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Hungary, Indonesia and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fry, Major Sir Leslie Alfred Charles |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-154651 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=20 October 2018 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U154651 |date=December 2022}}</ref> He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross by the Government of Brazil. When the Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956 to repress the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]], he opened the doors of the British embassy to Hungarian refugees, receiving a knighthood the following year.

==Life==
Leslie "Bunny" Fry was born in 1908 in [[Monmouthshire]], Wales and christened in [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

Fry's parents were Florence Rose Fry (née Stokes, 1882–1918) and Alfred Andrew Fry MBE (1870–1919).<ref name=LOTFWW>{{Lives of WWI |id= 6848948 | name= Alfred Andrew Fry }}</ref> Leslie Fry's father was a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]]<ref>Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; ''Freemasonry Membership Registers''; Description: ''Membership Registers: Country K 816–940 to Country L 941–1013''; Reel Number: ''13''</ref> who prior to [[World War I]] had served in the [[South Wales Borderers]] as a Lieutenant and Quartermaster, [[Monmouthshire Regiment]], 3rd Battalion, and during World War I as both a captain in the [[British Army]], [[Monmouthshire Regiment]], 3rd Battalion (Territorial) and a lieutenant in the [[Royal Air Force]], 12th Wing.

Fry attended the [[Royal Masonic School for Boys|Royal Masonic School]] and later graduated from the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref name="Office1963">{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Foreign Office|title=The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdkfAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 October 2018|year=1963|publisher=Harrison and Sons|page=212}}</ref>

Fry's first wife was Mary Cuerden, from whom he separated and remarried. Mary Cuerden's second husband was [[Basil Gerritsen Ivory|Captain Basil Gerritsen Ivory]], formerly of the [[Special Operations Executive]] and director of the [[investment trust]] [[British Assets Trust]] Limited. Fry's second wife was Marian Bentley, whom he married in 1954.

==British Army career==
Fry joined the [[British Army]] in India from 1928. On 2 February 1928, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33510/page/4274|title=No. 33510|date=28 June 1929|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> In 1933, he transferred to the [[Indian Political Department|Indian Political Service]]. Between 1941 and 1944, he served as Undersecretary of the Government of India in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1946, he became Deputy Secretary of the Government of India in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

==Diplomatic career==
[[File:Adhemar de Barros-Sir Leslie Fry-Marian Bentley-Leonor Mendes de Barros (1964).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sir Leslie Fry and Marian Bentley in Brazil with [[Adhemar de Barros|Adhemar]] (left) and Leonor Mendes de Barros (right), 1964.<br/>[[Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo]].]]
On 23 June 1947, Fry joined His Majesty's Foreign Service at the Seventh Grade<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38534/page/698|title=No. 38534|date=8 February 1949|website=The London Gazette}}</ref><ref name="Besier2015">{{cite book|author=Gerhard Besier|title='Intimately Associated for Many Years': George K. A. Bell's and Willem A. Visser 't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal – Mirrored in their Correspondence (Part Two 1950–1958)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7MPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1070|accessdate=20 October 2018|date=25 November 2015|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-8625-3|page=1070}}</ref> listed alongside his cousin, Robert Morton Saner OBE. On 30 October 1947, Fry transferred from the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] to the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38148/page/5943|title=No. 38148|date=16 December 1947|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> From 1951 to 1953, he served as Minister-Counsellor in [[Lisbon]]. Between 1953 to 1955, he was Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department.

On 24 October 1955, he was appointed Her Majesty's [[Envoy (title)|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary]] to Hungary.<ref name="Cook2012">{{cite book|author=Chris Cook|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA76|accessdate=20 October 2018|date=2 October 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-50961-2|page=76}}</ref> On 11 February 1959, he was ambassador to Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41676/page/2264|title=No. 41676|date=7 April 1959|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> On 16 June 1963, he replaced [[Geoffrey Wallinger]] as ambassador to Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43093/page/7201|title=No. 43093|date=27 August 1963|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>

Fry retired in 1966 and returned to Britain.

===Awards and honours===
* 1 January 1944 awarded MBE<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36309/supplement/23|title=No. 36309|date=1 January 1944|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when serving in the Indian Political Service as "Under Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department"
* 14 August 1947 awarded [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/26|title=No. 38161|date=30 December 1947|website=The London Gazette}}</ref> when "Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Department"
* 9 June 1955 awarded [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40497/supplement/3261|title=No. 40497|date=9 June 1955|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>
* 13 June 1957 awarded KCMG<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41089/supplement/3371|title=No. 41089|date=13 June 1957|website=The London Gazette}}</ref>

===Bibliography ===
Fry's memoirs, published in 1978:

* {{Cite book|title=As Luck Would Have It: A Memoir|last=Fry|first=Leslie|date=1 January 1978|publisher=Phillimore & Company|isbn=9780850333145|edition= UK|location=London}}

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