David Gordon Crawford (10 June 1928 – 6 September 1981) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Qatar and to Bahrain.

Career

Crawford was educated at

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(The Norton Knatchbull School) and the London School of Economics. He served in the Royal Army Educational Corps 1947–55 and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1956. He studied at the

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, then served at Taiz, Bahrain,

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and at the Foreign Office (later the

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, FCO). He was Consul-General at Muscat 1969–71, head of Accommodation and Services at the FCO 1971–74,

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to Qatar 1974–78, Consul-General at Atlanta 1978–81, and was appointed Ambassador at Bahrain in August 1981. However, he died of a

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at Bahrain only a month after taking up the post. Crawford was appointed CMG in the

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of 1981.Supplement to the London Gazette, 13 June 1981
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References

CRAWFORD, David Gordon
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, David Gordon 1928 births 1981 deaths People educated at The Norton Knatchbull School Alumni of the London School of Economics Royal Army Educational Corps officers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Qatar Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bahrain Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Oman 20th-century British Army personnel