Sir Robert Stewart Crawford (27 August 1913 - 11 October 2002,

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), known as Stewart Crawford, was a British

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Background

Crawford was the son of Sir William Crawford, founder of the advertising agency W. S. Crawford Ltd.

Education

After five years at

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...

Holt, Norfolk Holt is a market town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town has a population of 3,550, rising and including the ward to 3,810 at the 201 ...

, he spent a term at

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

before going up to

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, where he took a First in

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Career

*1936: Joined the

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as a

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*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,

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*1957-1959: Counsellor, later Minister, British Embassy,

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*1959-1960: Deputy UK Delegate to Organization for European Economic Co-operation *1961-1965: Assistant Under Secretary,

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*1966-1970: UK

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*1970-1973: Deputy Under-Secretary of State,

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*1973-1974: Chairman, Committee on Broadcasting Coverage *1976-1984: Member of

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General Advisory Council

Family

Crawford married Mary Katharine Corbett, daughter of Eric Corbett. They had four sons and one daughter.

Honours

*Companion of the

Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...

, 1951 *Commander,

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the m ...

, 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

*''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003) page 489 *''Obituary: Sir Stewart Crawford'' by Denis Wright in

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, 1 November 2002

External links

Telegraph obituary
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