John Aloysius Belton

John Aloysius Belton
Irish ambassador to Spain from  Ireland to  Spain
In office 000000001946-01-01-00001946 – 000000001949-01-01-00001949
Preceded by	Leopold H. Kerney
Succeeded by	Leo Thomas McCauley
Irish ambassador to Germany from  Ireland to  Germany[1]
In office 000000001951-06-01-0000June 1951 – 000000001955-03-01-0000March 1955
Preceded by	Con Cremin
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Kiernan
Irish ambassador to Canada from  Ireland to  Canada
In office 000000001964-01-01-00001964 – 000000001967-01-01-00001967
Preceded by	William P. Fay
Succeeded by	William Warnock (1911-1986)
Personal details
Born	000000001903-01-01-0000January 1, 1903 Longford
Died	January 3, 1968(1968-01-03) (aged 65)
Alma mater	Blackrock College, took a degree at University College Dublin and studied state and legal sciences at the University of Dublin.

John Aloysius Belton 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]

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