Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Crowe, 2003

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 81

Scope and Contents

Also includes two articles by Crowe: "A common European foreign policy after Iraq?" (International Affairs, 2003) and "EU-US Relations and the Implications of Iraq" (American Diplomacy, 2003).

Dates

2003

Creator

Crowe, Brian Lee, Sir, 1938 - 2020 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.

Biographical / Historical

Brian Crowe was born on 5 January 1938, the son of Eric Crowe and Virginia Crowe. He was educated at Sherborne School, then Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining a 1st Class degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). In 1969 he married Virginia Willis, having two sons.

Crowe joined the Foreign Office in 1961 and his career included: Moscow [Soviet Union], (1962-64); London, (1965-67); Aden [Adan, Yemen], (1967); Washington [United States], (1968-73); Bonn [Germany], (1973-76); Counsellor and Head of Policy Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (1976-78); Head of Chancery, UK Permanent Representation to EEC, Brussels [Belgium], (1979-81); Counsellor and Head of EEC Department (External), FCO, (1982-84); Minister, Commercial, Washington, (1985-89); Ambassador to Austria, (1989-92); Economic Director (Deputy Under-Secretary of State), FCO, (1992-94); Director General for External Relations, Council of the European Union, (1994-2002). Sir Brian Crowe died on 23 March 2020.