Oliver Harvey, 1st Baron Harvey of Tasburgh
Oliver Charles Harvey, 1st Baron Harvey of Tasburgh GCMG GCVO CB (26 November 1893 – 29 November 1968) was a British civil servant and diplomat.
Harvey was the son of Sir Charles Harvey, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Malvern College.[1][2] He served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1948 and as Ambassador to France from 1948 to 1954. On 3 July 1954 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk. Four months later he succeeded his half-brother as fourth Baronet, of Crown Point.
Lord Harvey of Tasburgh married Maud Annora, daughter of Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn, in 1920. He died in November 1968, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Peter. Lady Harvey of Tasburgh died in 1970.
Lord Harvey's diaries are housed at the British Library. The diaries can be accessed through the British Library catalogue.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Profile. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Profile". The Peerage.[unreliable source]. thepeerage.com.
- ^ Harvey Diaries, archives and manuscripts catalogue, the British Library. Retrieved 2 June 2020
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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- People from South Norfolk (district)
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