On 12 January 2012 the Embassy celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the British-Hungarian Fellowship with a special lecture ’Britain, Hungary and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919’ given Sir Bryan Cartledge.
In 1951 a group of enthusiastic British and Hungarian people set up the Fellowship to foster friendship and understanding between the two nations, and provide a forum for those with an interest in Hungary.
The first President and a founding member of the Fellowship was Professor C. A. Macartney, a British historian with a life‐long interest in the history and politics of the peoples of East‐Central Europe and, in particular, Hungary. To celebrate the anniversary we chose a topic that was part of Macartney’s research interests.
Sir Bryan Cartledge had a distinguished career in the British Foreign and Diplomatic Service, he was Ambassador to Budapest and Moscow. He served both James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher as Private Secretary on Overseas Affairs. After retiring from diplomacy, he returned to his academic roots and had an equally distinguished career at Oxford. He became head of Linacre College and has authored and edited many publications.