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David Ormsby-Gore

Born: 20 May 1918, Westminster, London

Died: 26 January 1985

5th Baron Harlech - 14 February 1964

Member of Privy Council - 1957

son of Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil

husband of Sylvia Lloyd Thomas

husband of Pamela Colin

St Cyprian's School

Eton College

New College, Oxford

Diplomat

Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	November 1956	January 1957
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	January 1957	1961

23 February 1950	Oswestry	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,562	61.81
25 October 1951	Oswestry	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,843	62.23
26 May 1955	Oswestry	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,859	64.77
8 October 1959	Oswestry	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,055	55.92
1 June 1961 Resignation of Rt Hon David Ormsby-Gore on appointment as United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States of America.