The Lord Harlech | |
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British Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 1961–1965 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Sir Harold Caccia |
Succeeded by | Sir Patrick Dean |
Member of Parliament for Oswestry | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 1 June 1961 | |
Preceded by | Oliver Poole |
Succeeded by | John Biffen |
Personal details | |
Born | William David Ormsby-Gore (1918-05-20)20 May 1918 Westminster, London, England |
Died | 26 January 1985(1985-01-26) (aged 66) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
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Children | 6, including Alice and Francis |
Parents |
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Residence | Woodhill Estate, Oswestry, Shropshire |
Education |
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Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Occupation | Airborne reconnaissance, farmer, politician, diplomat, television executive |
William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech KCMG PC DL (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until June 1961 and as Sir David Ormsby-Gore from then until February 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. From 1950 until 1961, he was a member of the Member of Parliament.
He died in a car crash in 1985. Senator Edward Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and other Kennedy family members attended his funeral in Llanfihangel-y-traethau.[1]