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Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook

1901 – 1989

British civil servant and United Nations official

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Lived 1901 – 1989 (aged 87–88). Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook was a British politician.

Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook (2 March 1901 – 10 March 1989), was a British civil servant and United Nations official.

A member of the Labour Party, he became a senior civil servant. In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Crook, of Carshalton in the County of Surrey. He was a Delegate to the United Nations and notably served as Vice-President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal between 1952 and 1971. He was also Chairman of the National Dock Labour Board from 1951 to 1965. In 1967 he was appointed chairman of the London Electricity Consultative Council and ex officio a part-time member of the London Electricity Board.

Lord Crook married Ida Gertrude, daughter of Joseph Haddon, in 1922. She died in 1985. Lord Crook died in March 1989, aged 88, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Douglas.

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Birth century
Died
1989
Occupation
Nationality
Positions held
Member of the House of Lords
Also known as
Reginald Crook, Reginald Douglas Crook, Lord Crook

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British civil servant and United Nations official (1901–1989)

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Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook was born on 2 March 1901.

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Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook died in 1989.

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Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook was a politician.

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Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook was British.

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· Wikipedia: Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook

· Wikidata: Q7308659

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