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Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver, known always to friends and acquaintances alike as Temp, died in Ottawa on January 11, 1988, at the age of 80. He had been ailing for some time, but his final illness was mercifully short.
Temp was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and spent part of his childhood in Chester, where his father was an Anglican clergyman. He took his B.A. degree at the University of King’s College in 1927 at the age of twenty. Two years later he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree at Dalhousie University, winning a scholarship to Harvard where he obtained the degree of Master of Laws in 1930. Later that year he entered External Affairs as a Third Secretary, one of the first to join what was then a tiny Foreign Service straight from university.
In a career that lasted forty years, Temp had a wide variety of assignments at home and abroad. In the early years, he worked on legal problems with the late John E. Read and was posted to Washington. In December 1941, he was returning from a tour of duty in Tokyo when the Japanese ship on which he was travelling reversed its course and carried him back to internment. Subsequently, he served at the Legation to the Allied Governments in Exile, at the Legation in The Hague, and as Head of Commonwealth Division. He was Minister and then Ambassador to Denmark (1954-58); Ambassador to Switzerland and Tunisia (1961-64), to Mexico (1964-67) and to Greece (1967-70).
He was a member of the delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, Paris, 1948. He was twice Chief of Protocol, 1950-54 and 1958-61, handling tricky problems with tact and courtesy.
To diplomacy and to his human relationships Temp brought a good mind, a cheery disposition, an engaging personality, a talent for friendship and a happy way of dealing with people. He loved a party and was an avid sportsman, enjoying tennis, golf, skiing, swimming and canoeing. He rejoiced in a happy family life.
Temp’s passing is mourned by his devoted wife Martine (née del Court van Krimpen), a loving and effective partner in his diplomatic career and in all his activities; a stepdaughter, Renée Smith; a dauther, Marian Esdaile; sons Martin and Charles; the spouses of his children; two sisters; and a host of friends. His ashes were scattered on the waters of the Gatineau River in an area that he loved so well.
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