Lord D’Abernon, Britain’s first post-war ambassador to Germany, had been en poste since October 1920. Over six foot tall and Olympian in manner, he looked every inch an ambassador. His job may have been difficult but it was a good deal easier than that of the French ambassador, Pierre de Margerie, who, along with his fellow countrymen, faced social ostracism after the occupation of the Ruhr.
Invasion of Ruhr increased anti-French sentiment.
