Background
Caccia, Harold Anthony was born on December 21, 1905 in India. Son of Anthony and Fanny Theodora (Birch) Caccia.
Caccia, Harold Anthony was born on December 21, 1905 in India. Son of Anthony and Fanny Theodora (Birch) Caccia.
Student, Eton, Trinity College, Oxford, England. Laming Travelling fellow, Queen's College, Oxford, 1928.
Entered Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, 1929-1965. Assigned Peking China, 1932. Foreign office, 1935.
Assistant private secretary to secretary of state, 1936. Assigned Athens Greece, resident minister N. Africa, 1943. Allied control commission Italy, 1943-1944.
Then political adviser to general officer, commanding officer Commander in chief Land Forces, Greece, 1944. Assistant under-secretary state, 1946. Deputy under-secretary state, 1949.
British high commissioner Austria, 1950-1954. British ambassador, 1951-1954. Deputy under-secretary state Foreign Office, 1954-1956.
Permanent under-secretary state, 1962-1965. British ambassador to the United States, Washington, 1956-1961. Provost Eton College, Windsor, England, 1965-1977.
Chairman ITT (United Kingdom) Ltd. Director Orion Bank, Prudential Assurance, Ltd., Foreign and Colonial Eurotrust. Fellow Trinity College (honorary), Queen's College, 1974.
Married Anne Catherine Barstow, October 4, 1932. Children: David, Clarissa, Antonia.