Gladwyn Jebb

The Right Honourable The Lord Gladwyn GCMG GCVO CB PC
Jebb in 1951
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 12 April 1960 – 24 October 1996
Member of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom
In office 1973–1976
British Ambassador to France
In office 1954–1960
Preceded by	Sir Oliver Harvey
Succeeded by	Sir Pierson Dixon
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office 1950–1954
Preceded by	Sir Alexander Cadogan
Succeeded by	Sir Pierson Dixon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Acting
In office 24 October 1945 – 2 February 1946
Preceded by	Seán Lester (as Secretary-General of the League of Nations)
Succeeded by	Trygve Lie
Personal details
Born	Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb (1900-04-25)25 April 1900 Yorkshire, England
Died	24 October 1996(1996-10-24) (aged 96) Suffolk, England
Political party	Liberal (1960–1988) Liberal Democrats (from 1988)
Other political affiliations	Liberal and Democratic Group (1973–1976)
Spouse	Cynthia Noble ​ ​ (m. 1929; died 1990)​
Children	3
Relatives	Tatiana de Rosnay (granddaughter)
Education	Sandroyd School Eton College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn GCMG GCVO CB PC (25 April 1900 – 24 October 1996) was a prominent British civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the acting secretary-general of the United Nations between 1945 and 1946.