Sir Richard Frederick Crawford,

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(18 June 1863 – 6 August 1919) was a

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. {{More citations needed, date=November 2023 Crawford was a Commissioner of Customs from 1904 to 1911. He was later Commercial

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to His Majesty's Embassy at Washington, achieving the rank of

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in the

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. He was appointed KCMG in 1911, KBE in 1917, and GCMG in 1919. He was also an adviser to the

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References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-195150
Interview with NYTimes
1863 births 1919 deaths Members of HM Diplomatic Service Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British diplomats