Background
MacLEHOSE, Crawford Murray MacLehose was born on October 16, 1917 in Glasgow. Son of Hamish A. and Margaret Bruce MacLehose.
MacLEHOSE, Crawford Murray MacLehose was born on October 16, 1917 in Glasgow. Son of Hamish A. and Margaret Bruce MacLehose.
Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.
Served with R.N.V.R. 1942-1945. Acting Consul Foochow 1944-1946. Entered diplomaticservice 1947.
Acting Consul, Hankow 1947, Acting Consul-General 1948.
Foreign Office 1950; First Secretary, Prague 1951. Seconded to Commonwealth Relations Office for service in Wellington 1954.
Returned to Foreign Office and transferred to Paris 1956. Counsellor 1959; Political Adviser, Hong Kong.
Counsellor, Foreign Office 1963.
Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State 67. Ambassador to Republic of Viet-Nam 1967-1969, to Denmark 1969-1971.
Government of Hong Kong 1971-1982.
Director National Westminster Bank 1982-1988. Chairman Scottish Trust for Physically Handicapped since 1982, Margaret Blackwood Housing Association 1982-1990, Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship 87, South.O.A.S. 1985-1990. Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (York) 1983, Honorary Deputy Lieutenant (Strathclyde) 1984, Knight of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem
Married Margaret North. Dunlop in 1947.