{{Short description|British diplomat (1903–1980)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sir Edwin Chapman-Andrews | office = British Ambassador to Sudan | term_start = 1956 | term_end = 1961 | successor = Sir Roderick Parkes | predecessor = Sir Philip Adams | office1 = British Ambassador to Lebanon | predecessor1 = Sir William Houstoun-Boswall | successor1 = Sir George Middleton | term_start1 = 1952 | term_end1 = 1956 | birth_date = 9 September 1903 | death_date = 10 February 1980 (aged 76) | children = 4 | alma_mater = University College London | occupation = Diplomat | honorific_suffix = KCMG OBE }}

'''Sir Edwin Arthur Chapman-Andrews''' (9 September 1903 – 10 February 1980) was a British diplomat. He served as ambassador to Lebanon from 1952 to 1956 and ambassador to Sudan from 1956 to 1961.

== Early life and education ==

Chapman-Andrews was born on 9 September 1903 in Devon, the son of Arthur John Chapman-Andrews and Ada Allen of Exeter. He was educated at Hele's School, Exeter; University College London; and Sorbonne University.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=12 February 1980 |title=Sir Edwin Chapman-Andrews |work=The Times |pages=14}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=A. & C. Black (Publishers) Ltd. |url=http://archive.org/details/whowaswho197119800lond |title=Who was who, 1971-1980 : a companion to Who's who |date=1981 |publisher=London : A. & C. Black |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7136-2176-1 |pages=141}}</ref>

== Career ==

Chapman-Andrews began his career as a probationer vice-consul in the Levant Consular Service in 1926, and was acting vice-consul at Port Said, Cairo and Suez from 1928 to 1929, and acting vice-consul, Addis Ababa in 1930. After a year in the Foreign Office, he was vice-consul at Kirkuk,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33983 |date=3 October 1933 |page=6352 }}</ref> and at Rawandiz from 1933 to 1935. He was acting consul at Harar from 1935 to 1936, and assistant Oriental Secretary at Cairo from 1937 to 1940. When Italy invaded Abyssinia, he met Emperor Haile Selassie in Cairo.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34494 |date=18 March 1938 |page=1841 }}</ref>

During World War II, Chapman-Andrews served with the Royal Sussex Regiment. He was also liaison officer on the staff of commander-in-chief, Middle East, and in 1941 returned to Addis Ababa with Emperor Haile Selassie. In 1945, he was at the Foreign Office as head of the personnel department, and in the following year was Inspector of Overseas Establishments, and helped to implement the Eden reforms for the amalgamation of the Diplomatic and Consular Services.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Colin Mackie |url=http://archive.org/details/directorybritishdiplomats-mackie-pt1 |title=A Directory of British Diplomats [2013] |date=2013 |pages=93}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37945 |date=2 May 1947 |page=1960 }}</ref>

From 1947 to 1951, Chapman-Andrews was minister at the British Embassy in Cairo. In 1951, he was minister and head of mission at Beirut,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39323 |date=3 August 1951 |page=4608 }}</ref> and promoted to ambassador the following year,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39732 |date=1 January 1953 |page=5 |supp=y }}</ref> serving until 1956. In 1956, he was appointed ambassador to Khartoum (and consul-general in 1959),<ref>{{London Gazette| issue = 41803| date = 28 August 1959| page = 5433 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40759 |date=20 April 1956 |page=2324 }}</ref> and remained in the post until his retirement in 1961. According to ''The Times'', as ambassador he was popular with the Lebanese and Sudanese Governments, "They knew he understood their difficulties, sympathised with their aspirations and had a genuine affection for their countries."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Following his retirement from diplomatic service Chapman-Andrews joined Massey-Ferguson where he worked from 1962 to 1977, becoming Director of Exports in 1964.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />

== Personal life and death ==

Chapman-Andrews married Sadie Nixon in 1931 and they had two sons and two daughters.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />

He was a member of the British National Export Council from 1965 to 1968; a member of the Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET) from 1963 to 1965 (chairman 1965–68); a council member of the Anglo-Arab Association; a keen worker for the Order of the Knights of St John; and a member of the Royal Central Asian Society from 1962 to 1969.<ref name=":0" />

Chapman-Andrews died on 10 February 1980, aged 76.<ref name=":2" />

== Honours ==

Chapman-Andrews was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1936 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34296 |date=23 June 1936 |page=4006 |supp=y }}</ref> He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1948 Birthday Honours and promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1953 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39732 |date=1 January 1953 |page=5 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1955, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40378 |date=7 January 1955 |page=158 |supp=y }}</ref> He was also appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great (KCSG).<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* Sudan–United Kingdom relations

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== Further reading == * {{cite book| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chapman-Andrews-Emperor-Peter-Leslie/dp/184415257X | title=Chapman-andrews and the Emperor | first=Peter | last=Leslie | publisher=Leo Cooper Ltd | date=2005 | isbn=978-1844152575 }}

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