Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet | |
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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]
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]
Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet | |
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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]
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]