Sir Robert Stewart Crawford (27 August 1913 - 11 October 2002, Oxfordshire), 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 public school (English independent day and boarding 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 free ...

Holt, Norfolk Holt is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. 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 ...

, he spent a term at

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W� ...

before going up to

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, ...

, where he took a First in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

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,

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...

*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, Foreign and Commonwealth Office *1973-1974: Chairman, Committee on Broadcasting Coverage *1976-1984: Member of BBC General Advisory Council

Family

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

Honours

*Companion of the

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, 1951 *Commander,

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, ...

, 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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