# Christopher Lintrup Paus

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British diplomat

Christopher Lintrup Paus CBE British Consul in Oslo In office 1926–1931 Personal details Born (1881-11-06)6 November 1881 Chorlton-on-Medlock, England, UK Died 28 May 1963(1963-05-28) (aged 81) Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland, UK

**Christopher** "**Kiff**" **Lintrup Paus** [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (Norwegian: [\[krɪˈstɔ̀fːər ˈpæʉs\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Norwegian); 6 November 1881 in – 28 May 1963) was a British diplomat, who served at the [British Embassy in Oslo](/source/Embassy_of_the_United_Kingdom%2C_Oslo) for several decades, as commercial counsellor and as the British consul in Oslo and head of the British consular service in Norway. He wrote several published reports on industrial and economic affairs in Norway.[1]

## Early life and education

Paus spent his early childhood in [Withington](/source/Withington) and later lived in [Bradford](/source/Bradford).[2] Paus attended [Bradford Grammar School](/source/Bradford_Grammar_School). He studied at [Jesus College, Oxford](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Oxford) (1900–1904), graduating with a master's degree in 1904.[3][4]

## Career

Paus became commercial attaché at the British Embassy in Oslo in December 1914, in succession to Sir [Francis Oppenheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Oppenheimer&action=edit&redlink=1), was promoted to commercial secretary for Norway in May 1919 and served as the British consul in Oslo from 1926 to 1931. In 1939 he was promoted to the personal rank of counsellor of embassy. He retired from [His Majesty's Diplomatic Service](/source/Her_Majesty's_Diplomatic_Service) on 27 April 1941.[1][5]

## Family

A member of the Norwegian [Paus](/source/Paus) family, he was a son of the Norwegian-born businessman Christopher Paus (1843–1919) of [Manchester](/source/Manchester) and an English mother, Ellen née Lord (1847–1917). He was a brother of the British businessmen Charles Johan Paus and Rudolph Henrik Paus, co-owners of the Manchester firm Blydt, Paus and Pace, and of the businessman Oscar Lionel Paus (1880–1917), who died as a British lieutenant in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). He was married to Gunda Resch Knudsen, daughter of the Norwegian ship-owner and Member of Parliament [Jørgen Christian Knudsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Christian_Knudsen) and a niece of Prime Minister [Gunnar Knudsen](/source/Gunnar_Knudsen).[6] He was a grandson of [Henrik Johan Paus](/source/Henrik_Johan_Paus) and a first cousin of papal chamberlain, count [Christopher Tostrup Paus](/source/Christopher_de_Paus). His father was a first cousin of playwright [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen).

## Legacy

Some of his private papers are owned by the [Imperial War Museum](/source/Imperial_War_Museum).[7]

## Honours

- [Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE), in the [1918 New Year Honours](/source/1918_New_Year_Honours)[1]

- [Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE), in the [1920 New Year Honours](/source/1920_New_Year_Honours)[1]

- [King George VI Coronation Medal](/source/King_George_VI_Coronation_Medal) (1937)[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ForeignOfficeList_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ForeignOfficeList_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ForeignOfficeList_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ForeignOfficeList_1-3) "Paus, Christopher Lintrup, C.B.E.". *The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book*. London: [Foreign Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office). 1963. p. 462.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Paus, Christopher Lintrup (matr. Jesus 1900)"](https://archives.jesus.ox.ac.uk/names/13cd16e2-b3fa-4270-9a1a-ff74325daf0d). *Jesus College Archives*. Retrieved 3 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *Oxford University Calendar*. Oxford: [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). 1904. p. 379.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Debretts_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Debretts_4-1) "Paus, Christopher Lintrup, C.B.E.". *Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage*. 1963. p. 1813.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Christopher Lintrup Paus," obituary, *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 29 May 1963

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Jørgen C. Knudsen, Ellen Wessel, Lulli Knudsen, *Våre besteforeldre : Guro og Christen Knudsen : deres barn og barnebarn*, 1999, originally published 1929 (with picture, p. 256)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Chris Mann, *British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941–45*, p. 273, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0230210228](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0230210228)

v t e Paus family Early members Sir Hans Olufsson (ca. 1500), cleric Sir Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587), cleric Sir Peder Povelsson Paus (1590), cleric Sir Povel Hansson Paus (1620), cleric Sir Povel Pedersson Paus (1625), cleric Sir Hans Povelsson Paus (1656), cleric Cornelius Povelsson Paus (1662), judge Peder Hansson Paus (1691), judge Hans Pedersson Paus (1721), judge Skien branch Cornelius Paus (1726), civil servant Hedevig Paus (1763) Ole Paus (1766), shipowner Henrik Johan Paus (1799), lawyer Christian Cornelius Paus (1800), governor Christopher Blom Paus (1810), shipowner Henrik Ibsen (1828), playwright Johan Altenborg Paus (1834), war commissioner Ole Paus (1846), industrialist Karl L. Paus (1856), industrialist Christopher Lintrup Paus CBE (1881), British diplomat Thorleif (von) Paus (1881), diplomat George Wegner Paus (1882), lawyer Hans Wangensten Paus (1891), engineer Robert Paus Platt OBE (1905), British diplomat Helvig (von) Paus (1909) Ole (von) Paus (1910), general Per Paus (1910), industrialist Thorleif Lintrup Paus (1912), diplomat Cecilie Paus (1943), shipping magnate Peder Paus (1945), businessman Ole Paus (1947), singer Pontine Paus (1973), shipping heir Olympia Paus (1976), shipping heir Marcus Paus (1979), composer of Herresta Count Christopher (de) Paus (1862), philanthropist Herman Paus (1897), skier, estate owner Countess Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus (1914) Henrik Ibsen Knud Ibsen Marichen Altenburg Sigurd Ibsen Altenburggården The Ibsen Family Paus family in fiction Peer Gynt Rosmersholm The Wild Duck Ghosts An Enemy of the People Hedda Gabler Drammen branch Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (1839), theologian Henriette Pauss (1841), teacher Olav Pauss (1863), shipowner Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877), surgeon/humanitarian Augustin Paus (1881), industrialist Bernhard Paus (1910), surgeon/humanitarian Vilhelm Paus (1915), diplomat Brita Collett Paus (1917), humanitarian Nikolai Paus (1944), businessman Other Pauspur Paus collection (Paus Trajan) Herresta Kvesarum Castle Villa Paus Esviken Paus & Paus Ole Paus Company Wilh. Wilhelmsen

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