George Harvie-Watt
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Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt Geoffrey de freitas | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 23 August 1903 |
Died | 18 December 1989 | (aged 86)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Jane Elizabeth Taylor (m. 4 January 1932) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Territorial Army Royal Engineers |
Awards | Efficiency Decoration (TD) |
Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, 1st Baronet,
FRSA (23 August 1903 – 18 December 1989) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician
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Harvie-Watt studied at
From 1941 to 1945, Harvie-Watt served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to
Elizabeth II, also acting as a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland. He left Parliament at the 1959 general election, becoming the chairman of Consolidated Gold Fields.[1]
He was Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London from 1966 to 1989 and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1973.[3]
References
- ^ a b The Papers of Sir George Harvie-Watt, Churchill Archives Centre
- ^ "No. 37292". The London Gazette. 2 October 1945. p. 4862.
- ^ Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, 1st Bt.