Desmond John Chetwode Crawley, CMG

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(2 June 1917 – 26 April 1993) was a British

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, who served as administrator under the

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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 School, Ely King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012),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 a co-educational public school ( ...

and

Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...

. He entered the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

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 British Cabinet minister responsible for dealing with the United Kingdom's relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The minister's department was the Commo ...

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

Imperial Defence College The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) instructs the most promising senior officers of the British Armed Forces, His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Civil Service in national defence and international security matters at the highest level ...

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 1970–75. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of St Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great ( la, Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; it, Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of ...

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

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