Sir Robert Stewart Crawford (27 August 1913 - 11 October 2002,
Oxfordshire), known as Stewart Crawford, was a British
diplomat.
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,
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 3 ...
, 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, where he took a First in
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Career
*1936: Joined the
Air Ministry
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as a
civil servant
*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,
Norway
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*1957-1959: Counsellor, later Minister, British Embassy,
Baghdad
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*1959-1960: Deputy UK Delegate to
Organization for European Economic Co-operation
*1961-1965: Assistant Under Secretary,
Foreign Office
*1966-1970: UK
Political Resident
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A Consul or Consul-General has largely consular functions, such as looking afte ...
,
Persian Gulf
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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
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Crawford married Mary Katharine Corbett, daughter of Eric Corbett. They had four sons and one daughter.
, 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
*''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003) page 489
*''Obituary: Sir Stewart Crawford'' by Denis Wright in