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William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech KCMG PC DL (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until June 1961 and as Sir David Ormsby-Gore from then until February 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.
William David Ormsby-Gore (20 mai 1918 - 26 janvier 1985) est un diplomate britannique et un homme politique conservateur.
The now Sir David Ormsby-Gore (appointed KCMG in 1961) was in close discussion with the Kennedy administration throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis, helped secure the Polaris submarine-launched system after the failure of the proposed Skybolt system, and assisted in Macmillan's efforts to implement a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Alongside a close ...
5 juil. 2021 · If ever Kennedy felt a need for the wisdom, counsel, probity and friendship of David Ormsby-Gore, it was now. A few hours later, Ormsby-Gore was ushered into the Yellow Oval Room in the...
30 oct. 2022 · Welshman Sir David Ormsby-Gore, the then-British ambassador to Washington, managed to keep the president calm. As America surged ahead in the nuclear arms race, the Soviets felt as though their...
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Harlech, William David Ormsby-Gore, Lord, 1918-1985 Biographical Note (1918 - 1985) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Kingdom (1957-1961); Ambassador to the United States from the United Kingdom (1961-1965).
David Ormsby Gore also set up HTV (it stood for Harlech TV) and served in the Second World War. In 1939, aged 21, as a member of the Berkshire Yeomanry, he had operated behind enemy lines with the Phantom reconnaissance unit. In Glyn, the 5th Baron's leather-topped desk not only held signed Kennedy photographs, but also a heavy JFK memorial ...
