Sir Gilbert Mackereth KCMG MC was a decorated British Army officer of the First World War who subsequently served as a British diplomat, most notably as Ambassador to Colombia from 1947 to 1953.
Gilbert Mackereth was born an only child in Salford, Lancashire, onOctober 1892. His father, Thomas, was a bank manager born Eccles in 1st Qr 1864. His mother Annie was born at Bolton, and his paternal grandfather, Thomas, was minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Higher Bridge Street, Bolton.
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