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David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

The Right Honourable
The Lord Harlech
KCMG PC DL
36th British Ambassador to the US
In office
1961–1965
Monarch Elizabeth II
President John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Preceded by Sir Harold Caccia
Succeeded by Sir Patrick Dean
Member of Parliament
for Oswestry
In office
1950–1961
Preceded by Oliver Poole
Succeeded by John Biffen
Personal details
Born William David Ormsby-Gore
20 May 1918
London
Died 26 January 1985(1985-01-26) (aged 66)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Sylvia Thomas
(m. 1940; her death 1967)

Pamela Colin
(m. 1969; his death 1985)
Children Julian Ormsby-Gore
Jane Ormsby-Gore
Victoria Ormsby-Gore
Alice Ormsby-Gore
Francis Ormsby-Gore
Pandora Ormsby-Gore
Parents William Ormsby-Gore
Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred Cecil
Residence Woodhill Estate, Oswestry, Shropshire
Education St Cyprian's School
Eton College
New College, Oxford
Alma mater Oxford University
Occupation Airborne reconnaissance, farmer, politician, diplomat, television executive

William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, KCMG PC DL (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician.

William David Ormsby-Gore was born on 20 May 1918 in London, the second son of William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, a Conservative politician, and Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil. His maternal great-grandfather was British Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eton College and New College, Oxford.

In 1939 he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery (Berkshire Yeomanry Field Regiment), served in the 'Phantom' reconnaissance unit, and worked with airborne and other special units. By the end of the War he held the rank of major on the general staff.

After the war his father handed over to him all his land, and Ormsby-Gore farmed the 400 acres (1.6 km²) of the Woodhill Estate, Oswestry, Shropshire. In 1948 he was commissioned a Major in the Shropshire Yeomanry, but left in 1950.

At the 1950 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Oswestry, which he remained until 1961. Under Prime Minister Anthony Eden he served briefly, from November 1956 to January 1957, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and under Prime Minister Harold Macmillan he was from 1957 to 1961 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. After the election of U.S. President John F. Kennedy he was appointed British Ambassador to the United States on 18 October 1961. This meant that he had to take the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 June, so that he could resign from the House.


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