Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia
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Harold Anthony Caccia, Baron Caccia, GCMG, GCVO, GCStJ (21 December 1905 – 31 October 1990) was a British diplomat.
Caccia married Anne Catherine Barstow, daughter of George Lewis Barstow and Enid Lillian Lawrence, in 1932.
He was created a life peer with the title Baron Caccia, of Abernant in the County of Breconshire on 11 May 1965. Caccia was appointed a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and a Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Caccia was Ambassador to Austria from 1951 to 1954, and from 1956 to 1961 Ambassador to the USA. One year later, he became Permanent Under-Secretary of State, an office he held until 1965. He was Provost of Eton 1965-78.
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| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bertram Jerram |
British Ambassador to Austria 1951–1954 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger |
| Preceded by Roger Makins |
British Ambassador to the United States 1956–1961 |
Succeeded by David Ormsby-Gore |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar |
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1962–1965 |
Succeeded by Sir Paul Gore-Booth |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Claude Aurelius Elliott |
Provost of Eton 1965–1978 |
Succeeded by Martin Charteris |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caccia, Harold Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baron Caccia |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British diplomat. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 21 December 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | 31 October 1990 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
