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Clutterbuck was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in the [[1943 New Year Honours]],<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35841/pages/5 Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1943]</ref> knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1946<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37407/pages/8 Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1946]</ref> and raised to GCMG in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] of 1952.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39555/supplements/3011 Supplement to the London Gazette, 5 June 1952]</ref> | Clutterbuck was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in the [[1943 New Year Honours]],<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35841/pages/5 Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1943]</ref> knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1946<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37407/pages/8 Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1946]</ref> and raised to GCMG in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] of 1952.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39555/supplements/3011 Supplement to the London Gazette, 5 June 1952]</ref> | ||
Lord Garner, Clutterbuck's successor at the Commonwealth Relations Office, wrote: | {{quote|Lord Garner, Clutterbuck's successor at the Commonwealth Relations Office, wrote: | ||
:Clutterbuck's appointment as High Commissioner to [[Ottawa]] in 1946 marked the first occasion when a career officer, assigned to a major [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] post, showed that he could hold his own against any appointments from outside the services. Clutterbuck with his wife created an atmosphere of family feeling amongst the staff which radiated far beyond the confines of [[Earnscliffe]] and they ended as one of the most popular couples in a long line of successful British High Commissioners in Canada. ...<br>Above all Alec Clutterbuck was a Christian and a gentleman. Such phrases may sound out of fashion today, but there will be many past and present members of the service who will remember him with gratitude and affection and will recall the guiding lights of his life – loyalty, devotion to duty, integrity and, supremely, the Christian virtues of humility and charity.<ref>Lord Garner, [http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS237076003&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir Alexander Clutterbuck], ''The Times'', London, 3 January 1976, page 14</ref> | :Clutterbuck's appointment as High Commissioner to [[Ottawa]] in 1946 marked the first occasion when a career officer, assigned to a major [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] post, showed that he could hold his own against any appointments from outside the services. Clutterbuck with his wife created an atmosphere of family feeling amongst the staff which radiated far beyond the confines of [[Earnscliffe]] and they ended as one of the most popular couples in a long line of successful British High Commissioners in Canada. ...}}<br>Above all Alec Clutterbuck was a Christian and a gentleman. Such phrases may sound out of fashion today, but there will be many past and present members of the service who will remember him with gratitude and affection and will recall the guiding lights of his life – loyalty, devotion to duty, integrity and, supremely, the Christian virtues of humility and charity.<ref>Lord Garner, [http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS237076003&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir Alexander Clutterbuck], ''The Times'', London, 3 January 1976, page 14</ref> | ||
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