Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet
CMG OBE
Sir Harold Evans in 1964
Downing Street Press Secretary
In office
1957–1963
Prime MinisterAlec Douglas-Home
Preceded byAlfred Richardson
Succeeded byJohn Groves
Personal details
Born
Sidney Harold Evans

(1911-04-29)29 April 1911
Died21 April 1983(1983-04-21) (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

  1. ^ "Evans, Sir Harold, (29 April 1911–21 April 1983)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u163979. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Harold (1981). Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-25897-2.
  3. ^ "No. 41089". The London Gazette. 13 June 1957. p. 3371.
  4. ^ "Deaths: Lady Evans, widow of Sir Harold Evans, 1st and last Baronet". Daily Telegraph. 6 July 2006.
  5. ^ "Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963". librarysearch.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet(of Rottingdean) 1963–1983 Extinct Government offices Preceded byAlfred Richardson Downing Street Press Secretary 1957-1963 Succeeded byJohn Groves
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