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{{Short description|British diplomat, philanthropist and explorer (1925–2011)}} | |||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
[[File:Family grave of Hugh Carless.jpg|thumb|Family grave of Hugh Carless]] | |||
Carless was born on 22 April 1925 in [[Nainital]], [[British India]], to Henry Alfred Carless, [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], who served as a police officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] (Inspector-General of Police, [[Ajmer-Merwara]] and advisor to the Resident of Rajputana) and his wife, Gwendolen Pattullo.<ref name="ind_20111223">{{cite news|title=Hugh Carless: Diplomat who explored the Hindu Kush with Eric Newby |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-carless-diplomat-who-explored-the--hindu-kush-with-eric-newby-6280792.html|date=23 December 2011|first=Michael|last=Smith|work=The Independent}}</ref> | Carless was born on 22 April 1925 in [[Nainital]], [[British India]], to Henry Alfred Carless, [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], who served as a police officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] (Inspector-General of Police, [[Ajmer-Merwara]] and advisor to the Resident of Rajputana) and his wife, Gwendolen Pattullo.<ref name="ind_20111223">{{cite news|title=Hugh Carless: Diplomat who explored the Hindu Kush with Eric Newby |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-carless-diplomat-who-explored-the--hindu-kush-with-eric-newby-6280792.html|date=23 December 2011|first=Michael|last=Smith|work=The Independent}}</ref> | ||
He was educated at [[Sherborne School]], Dorset, the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] (SOAS) where he spent a year (1942) studying [[Persian language|Persian (Farsi)]], and [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] where he read History from 1947 until 1950.<ref name="Maitland">{{cite web|last1=Maitland|first1=Alexander|title=Hugh Carless Obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/22/hugh-carless-obituary| | He was educated at [[Sherborne School]], Dorset, the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] (SOAS) where he spent a year (1942) studying [[Persian language|Persian (Farsi)]], and [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] where he read History from 1947 until 1950.<ref name="Maitland">{{cite web|last1=Maitland|first1=Alexander|title=Hugh Carless Obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/22/hugh-carless-obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=8 October 2016|date=22 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
Carless was commissioned in January 1944<ref>''London Gazette'' Issue 36409 published on 3 March 1944. Page 5</ref> in the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] and posted to Teheran as a staff officer with the [[12th Infantry Division (India)|12th Indian Division]], but volunteered for active service, first with the [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Infantry Division]], and later, in the last nine months of World War II he served in the [[15th (Scottish) Infantry Division|15th Scottish]] with the 6th Battalion of the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]].<ref name="telegraph_20111212">{{cite news|title=Obituaries – Hugh Carless|work=The Telegraph|date=21 December 2011|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8971440/Hugh-Carless.html}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37835|date=31 December 1946|page=7|supp=y}}</ref> | Carless was commissioned in January 1944<ref>''London Gazette'' Issue 36409 published on 3 March 1944. Page 5</ref> in the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] and posted to Teheran as a staff officer with the [[12th Infantry Division (India)|12th Indian Division]], but volunteered for active service, first with the [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Infantry Division]], and later, in the last nine months of World War II he served in the [[15th (Scottish) Infantry Division|15th Scottish]] with the 6th Battalion of the [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]].<ref name="telegraph_20111212">{{cite news|title=Obituaries – Hugh Carless|work=The Telegraph|date=21 December 2011|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8971440/Hugh-Carless.html}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37835|date=31 December 1946|page=7|supp=y}}</ref> | ||
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Carless married Brazilian Rosa Maria Frontini in 1956. The couple had two sons.<ref name="telegraph_20111212" /> | Carless married Brazilian Rosa Maria Frontini in 1956. The couple had two sons.<ref name="telegraph_20111212" /> | ||
He is buried on the eastern side of [[Highgate Cemetery]] with his wife and one of his sons. | |||
== Honours == | == Honours == | ||
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[[Category:2011 deaths]] | [[Category:2011 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery]] | |||
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]] | [[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]] | ||
[[Category:English philanthropists]] | [[Category:English philanthropists]] | ||
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[[Category:Royal Scots Fusiliers officers]] | [[Category:Royal Scots Fusiliers officers]] | ||
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela]] | [[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela]] | ||
[[Category:British people | [[Category:British people in colonial India]] | ||