Oliver Charles Harvey, 1st Baron Harvey of Tasburgh GCMG GCVO CB (26 November 1893 – 29 November 1968) was a British civil servant and diplomat.
Harvey was the son of Sir Charles Harvey, 2nd Baronet (1849-1928). He was educated at Malvern College.[1][2] He was one of the Harvey family of baronets.
He joined the Diplomatic Service as a Third Secretary in 1920,[3] after being admitted under open competition in September 1919.[4][2] He advanced to Second Secretary from 15 December 1920,[5] to First Secretary from 22 October 1926,[6] and Counsellor from 21 January 1936.[7] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1937 Coronation Honours.[8]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1944 New Year Honours following his service as Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, who had been Anthony Eden.[9] He served as Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1948 and as Ambassador to France from 1948 to 1954. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1946 Birthday Honours[10] (and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of that Order in the 1948 New Year Honours[11]) and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1950 Birthday Honours.[12][2]
On 3 July 1954 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk.[2] Four months later he succeeded his half-brother as fourth Baronet, of Crown Point.
Lord Harvey of Tasburgh married Maud Annora, daughter of Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn, in 1920. He died in November 1968, aged 75, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Peter.[2] Lady Harvey of Tasburgh died in 1970.
Lord Harvey and Maud Annora (née Williams Wynn) had issue:
Lord Harvey's diaries are housed at the British Library. The diaries can be accessed through the British Library catalogue.[13] Edited by his son John Harvey, they were published in two volumes as:
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| Preceded by | Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 1936–1939 1941–1943 |
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| New creation | Baron Harvey of Tasburgh 1954–1968 |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Crown Point) 1954–1968 |
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