Desmond John Chetwode Crawley, CMG CVO (2 June 1917 – 26 April 1993) was a British

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

, who served as administrator under the Raj to Commonwealth diplomat, from the Asian sub-continent to West Africa, and, finally, from behind the Iron Curtain to the Vatican. He was educated at

King's Ely King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

and

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. He entered the

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in 1939 and served in the

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. When India became independent in 1947 he entered the

Commonwealth Relations Office The secretary of state for Commonwealth relations was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The ...

in London. He served in

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and

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, and was Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1952–1953. Crawley was Deputy High Commissioner in

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, Pakistan, 1958–61; attended the

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in 1962; was British High Commissioner in Sierra Leone 1963–66 and Ambassador to Bulgaria 1966–70; and finally was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See from 1970 to 1975. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of St Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great (; ) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See. The honor is b ...

in 1973.

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CRAWLEY, Desmond John Chetwode
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 16 February 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawley, Desmond 1917 births 1993 deaths People educated at King's Ely Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great Place of birth missing Place of death missing British expatriates in Pakistan Civil servants in the Commonwealth Relations Office Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies

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