McGill Library
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Marler, Herbert, 1876-1940
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- Marler, H. M. (Herbert Meredith), 1876-1940
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1876-1940
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Sir Herbert Meredith Marler, PC, KCMG (1876-1940) was a Canadian notary and diplomat. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he earned a law degree from McGill University and entered his father's notarial firm Marler & Marler. Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed him Canada's first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Empire of Japan in 1929. He was knighted in 1935 and returned from Japan in 1936 to serve as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Canada to the United States of America. He served in that capacity until 1939. He was married to Montreal socialite Beatrice Isabel Allan, granddaughter of Andrew Allan and Matthew Hamilton Gault.
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no2008002983