Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet explained

Sir Harold Evans, 1st Baronet
Office:	Downing Street Press Secretary
Term Start:	1957
Predecessor:	Alfred Richardson
Successor:	John Groves
Primeminister:	Alec Douglas-Home
Term End:	1963
Birth Name:	Sidney Harold Evans
Birth Date:	29 April 1911

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.

Evans was created a Baronet, of Rottingdean in the County of Sussex in 1963.^[3]

In 1981, Hodder & Stoughton published Evans' diary, Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963.^[4]

References

1. Web site: Evans, Sir Harold, (29 April 1911–21 April 1983). 2021-04-03. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. en. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u163979. 978-0-19-954089-1 .
2. Book: Evans, Harold. Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963. 1981. Hodder and Stoughton. 978-0-340-25897-2. en.
3. News: Deaths: Lady Evans, widow of Sir Harold Evans, 1st and last Baronet. Daily Telegraph. 6 July 2006.
4. Web site: Downing Street Diary: The Macmillan Years, 1957-1963. 2021-04-03. librarysearch.lse.ac.uk. en.