Salt, Barbara (1904-1975)

English diplomat. She joined the Foreign Office as a first secretary to the United Nations, became counsellor in 1955, and was appointed ambassador to Israel in 1962. Unable to take up the post because of an illness which resulted in the loss of both her legs, she remained in the Foreign Office and became head of the Special Operations Executive 1967-72.

Salt was educated at Seaford in Sussex and at Munich and Cologne universities. During World War II she acted as vice-consul in Tangier.