Stewart Crawford

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Name Stewart Crawford

Sir Robert Stewart Crawford (27 August 1913-October 2002, Oxfordshire), known as Stewart Crawford, was a British diplomat.

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Crawford was the son of Sir William Crawford, founder of the advertising agency W. S. Crawford Ltd.

After five years at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, he spent a term at University of Tübingen before going up to Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a First in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

1936: Joined the Air Ministry 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

1957-1959: Counsellor, later Minister, British Embassy, Baghdad

1959-1960: Deputy UK Delegate to Organization for European Economic Co-operation

1961-1965: Assistant Under Secretary, Foreign Office

1970-1973: Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

1973-1974: Chairman, Committee on Broadcasting Coverage

1976-1984: Member of BBC General Advisory Council

Crawford married Mary Katharine Corbett, daughter of Eric Corbett. They had four sons and one daughter.

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

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