Oliver Harvey, 1st Baron Harvey of Tasburgh
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Oliver Charles Harvey, 1st Baron Harvey of Tasburgh GCMG
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(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.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.
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(26 November 1893-29 November 1968), was a British
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civil servant and diplomat.
Harvey was the son of Sir Charles Harvey, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Malvern College.He served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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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.