Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet
Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet CMG OBE | |
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 Sir Harold Evans in 1964 | |
| 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 (aged 71) |
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]
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. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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 2021-04-03.
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