Sir Edmund Constantine Henry Phipps, was a British diplomat.
Occupation
diplomat
Position held
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belgium, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
March 15, 1840
Died
March 15, 1911
Overview
Sir Edmund Constantine Henry Phipps, (15 March 1840 – 15 March 1911) was a British diplomat.
Career
Phipps was educated at Harrow School and later entered the Diplomatic Service in 1858.
In 1873, he was Third Secretary in Rio de Janeiro and was requested by the Ambassador, George Buckley Mathew, to report on the condition of British emigrants in Brazil.
In 1881, Phipps was promoted from the rank of Second Secretary to be Consul-General at Budapest with the rank of Secretary of Legation, and in 1885 was posted to be Secretary of the Embassy at Vienna.
In 1892 he was appointed Secretary of the Embassy at Paris and in the following year promoted to be Minister Plenipotentiary under the Ambassador to France, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.
