• building that had been Lester's residence during his stay, was renamed by Mayor Paweł Adamowicz as the Seán Lester Room. Lester returned to Geneva in 1937...
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    When Seán Lester replaced him as secretary-general, the League had only 100 employees, including guards and janitors, out of its original 700. Lester managed...
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  • Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), American...
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    on full Ambassador's pay. Gad! I wonder what old Gladwyn Jebb's doing". Sean Greenwood, Titan at the Foreign Office: Gladwyn Jebb and the shaping of the...
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    • 1940–1946 Seán Lester Deputy Secretary-General   • 1919–1923 Jean Monnet • 1923–1933 Joseph Avenol • 1933–1936 Pablo de Azcárate • 1937–1940 Seán Lester • 1940–1946...
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  • Nations (1919–1945) Eric Drummond (United Kingdom) Joseph Avenol (France) Seán Lester (Ireland) United Nations (since 1945) Gladwyn Jebb1 (United Kingdom)...
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    Nations (1919–1945) Eric Drummond (United Kingdom) Joseph Avenol (France) Seán Lester (Ireland) United Nations (since 1945) Gladwyn Jebb1 (United Kingdom)...
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    Nations (1919–1945) Eric Drummond (United Kingdom) Joseph Avenol (France) Seán Lester (Ireland) United Nations (since 1945) Gladwyn Jebb1 (United Kingdom)...
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  •  France 3 Pablo de Azcárate 1933–1936  Spain Massimo Pilotti  Italy 4 Seán Lester 1937–1940  Ireland 5 Francis Paul Walters 1940-1946  United Kingdom...
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    • 1929-1932 Manfredi di Gravina • 1932-1934 Helmer Rosting • 1934-1936 Seán Lester • 1937-1939 (last) Carl Jakob Burckhardt State President   • 1939 Albert...
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