John Aloysius Belton

John Aloysius Belton
Irish ambassador to Spain from  Ireland to  Spain
In office 1946–1949
Preceded by	Leopold H. Kerney
Succeeded by	Leo Thomas McCauley [de]
Irish ambassador to Germany [de] from  Ireland to  Germany[1]
In office June 1951 – March 1955
Preceded by	Con Cremin
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Kiernan [de]
Irish ambassador to Canada [de] from  Ireland to  Canada
In office 1964–1967
Preceded by	William P. Fay [de]
Succeeded by	William Warnock (1911-1986) [de]
Personal details
Born	(1903-01-01)1 January 1903 Longford
Died	3 January 1968(1968-01-03) (aged 65)
Alma mater	Blackrock College, took a degree at University College Dublin and studied state and legal sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

John Aloysius Belton (1903–1968) was an Irish diplomat.

Details

• From 1926 to 1934 he practised laws on the Midland Circuit
• In 1934 he joined the diplomatic service of Ireland and became the first secretary to the Irish Embassy in Paris.
• From 1941 to 1946 he was a legation councilor to the Legation of the Republic of Ireland in London.
• In 1946 he was Chargé d'affaires in Stockholm.
• From 1946 to 1949 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Madrid.
• From June 1951 to March 1955 he was Ambassador in Bonn.
• From 1964 to 1967 he was Ambassador in Ottawa.^[2]

References

1. Bringmann, Tobias C. (14 February 2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer. ISBN 9783110956849.
2. Dermot Keogh, Ireland and Europe, 1919-1948, Gill & MacMillan, Limited, 1988, 256 p., p. 27