David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech KCMG PC (20 May 1918 - 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician.Ormsby-Gore was the second son of William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, a Conservative politician, and Lady Beatrice Edith Mildred Cecil. Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was his maternal great-grandfather. He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eton College and Oxford University. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1939, served in the 'Phantom' reconnaissance unit and worked with airborne and other special units. He ended the war as a Major. After the war, his father handed over all his land and Ormsby-Gore farmed the 400 acres (1.6 km ) of the Woodhill Estate, Oswestry, Shropshire. In 1948 he was commissioned a Major in the Shropshire Yeomanry, but left in 1950.