Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet
Sir Sidney Harold Evans, 1st Baronet, CMG, OBE (29 April 1911 – 21 April 1983) was a British journalist and civil servant who served as Downing Street Press Secretary to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan between 1957 and 1963.[1][2]
Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet | |
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Downing Street Press Secretary | |
In office 1957–1963 | |
Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home |
Preceded by | Alfred Richardson |
Succeeded by | John Groves |
Personal details | |
Born | Sidney Harold Evans 29 April 1911 |
Died | 21 April 1983 71) | (aged
Career
Evans served as a senior civil servant (public relations) in the Colonial Office, 1942–57.[3]
Evans was created a Baronet, of Rottingdean in the County of Sussex in 1963.[4]
In 1981, Hodder & Stoughton published Evans' diary, Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963.[2][5]
References
- "Evans, Sir Harold, (29 April 1911–21 April 1983)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u163979. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- Evans, Harold (1981). Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-25897-2.
- "No. 41089". The London Gazette. 13 June 1957. p. 3371.
- "Deaths: Lady Evans, widow of Sir Harold Evans, 1st and last Baronet". Daily Telegraph. 6 July 2006.
- "Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963". librarysearch.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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