starring, of course, Second Secretary Jaime Retief- Ambassador to the Stars!
"To place your grasping members above your cephalic nodules instanter!"
Sorry, Keith Laumer is dead. Watch PC puke.
That is, "His Imperial Majesty, Jaime Jarl, Freelord of the Reteif, Hereditary Battle Commander of the Dragon Corps, Emperor of the Lily, to you, Minister Sternwheeler!"
Or, there is always that old rascal, may Saint Dismas preserve us, Nicolas von Rejn of the Polesotechnic League.
Please forgive any spelling errors; I'm not going to start digging through the shelves, searching for such trivia.
Discovered that series when I was a kid...loved it!