Full name Cyril Berkeley Ormerod Name Cyril Ormerod | Role Cricket Player | |
Died November 1, 1983, Westminster, United Kingdom | ||
Major Sir Cyril Berkeley Ormerod (3 October 1897 – 1 November 1983) was an English soldier, diplomat and sportsman.
Life and career
Berkeley Ormerod was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and educated at St Paul's School, London.
He served in World War I, fighting at Arras and Ypres. He ended the war with the rank of major. He joined the London Stock Exchange in 1927 and became a financial columnist.
An opening bowler, he played cricket for Oxfordshire, representing them in a two-day match against the touring Indians in 1932, taking four wickets. He played one first-class cricket match, for Marylebone Cricket Club against Wales at Lord's in 1927. He also played golf; in 1924 he was Army Golf Champion.
In World War II he was financial adviser for British Information Services in New York. He set up the office of Director of Public Relations in New York and occupied the position from 1945. He accompanied Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their visit to the United States in 1957.
He married Beatrice Sigrist, widow of the aircraft designer Frederick Sigrist, in 1952. She died in 1981.