Sir Robert Stewart Crawford GCMG CVO (27 August 1913 - 11 October 2002, Oxfordshire), known as Stewart Crawford, was a British diplomat.
Background
editCrawford was the son of Sir William Crawford, founder of the advertising agency W. S. Crawford Ltd.
Education
editAfter five years at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, he spent a term at University of Tübingen before going up to Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a First in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Career
edit- 1936: Joined the Air Ministry as a civil servant
- 1940-1946: Private Secretary to the Chief of Air Staff
- 1946-1947: Assistant Secretary, Control Office for Germany and Austria
- 1954-1956: Counsellor, British Embassy, Norway
- 1957-1959: Counsellor, later Minister, British Embassy, Baghdad
- 1959-1960: Deputy UK Delegate to Organization for European Economic Co-operation
- 1961-1965: Assistant Under Secretary, Foreign Office
- 1966-1970: UK Political Resident, Persian Gulf
- 1970-1973: Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- 1973-1974: Chairman, Committee on Broadcasting Coverage
- 1976-1984: Member of BBC General Advisory Council
Family
editCrawford married Mary Katharine Corbett, daughter of Eric Corbett. They had four sons and one daughter.
Honours
edit- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1951
- Commander, Royal Victorian Order, 1955
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1966
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1973
References
edit- Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003) page 489
- Obituary: Sir Stewart Crawford by Denis Wright in The Independent, 1 November 2002
External links
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