Alvary Gascoigne

Sir Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne GBE, KCMG (6 August 1893 – 18 April 1970) was a British diplomat. Early life Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne was born on 6 August 1893. He was the son of Colonel Frederic Richard Thomas Trench Gascoigne and Laura Gwendolen Douglas Galton. His paternal grandmother was the elder daughter and co-heir of Richard Oliver Gascoigne of Parlington Hall, Yorkshire and Castle Oliver, County Limerick. His great-aunt Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne was the wife of Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown. Career Gascoigne began military service in the First World War as a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry dragoons. In 1915, he was transferred to the Coldstream Guards (Royal Field Artillery). Diplomatic career Gascoigne's career as a diplomat lasted from 1921 through 1953. In 1925, he was appointed as Second Secretary in the Foreign Office; and he was promoted to First Secretary in 1933.