Background
Crawford was the son of Sir William Crawford, founder of the advertising agency W. S. Crawford Limited.
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Stewart Crawford
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After five years at Gresham"s School, Holt, Norfolk, he spent a term at University of Tübingen before going up to, Oxford, where he took a First in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Career
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 United Kingdom Delegate to Organization for European Economic Company-operation 1961-1965: Assistant Under Secretary, Foreign Office 1966-1970: United Kingdom Political Resident, Persian Gulf 1970-1973: Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1973-1974: Chairman, Committee on Broadcasting Coverage Crawford married Mary Katharine Corbett, daughter of Eric Corbett.
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1976-1984: Member of British Broadcasting Corporation General Advisory Council.
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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St Michael and St George; Royal Victorian Order; Grand Cross
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.