Norman Robertson
Norman Alexander Robertson, was a Canadian diplomat and was one of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's advisers.
[Image:KingParisPeace1946.jpg|thumb|right|Norman Robertson and colleagues at the Paris Peace Conference, Palais du Luxembourg. (L.-r.:) Norman Robertson, Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Hon. Brooke Claxton, Arnold Heeney]
Background and early life
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and was a Rhodes Scholar attending Balliol College, Oxford.In 1929 he started with the Secretary of State for [External Affairs (Canada)|Department of External Affairs].
Senior diplomatic appointments
In 1941, he became Under Secretary of State for External Affairs.From 1946 to 1949 and 1952 to 1957, he was Canadian High Commissioner in London, during which time he participated at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as Standard Bearer, and from 1957 to 1958 he was Canadian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.