Sir Ralph Murray | |
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Born | Francis Ralph Hay Murray 3 March 1908 |
Died | 11 September 1983 | (aged 75)
Education | Brentwood School |
Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, diplomat |
Title | Director, Information Research Department (1949–54) British Minister, Cairo (1954-56) British Ambassador to Greece (1962–67) Governor of the BBC (1967–83) |
Spouse(s) | Mauricette Vladimira Marie, Reichsgräfin von Kuenburg |
Children | Ingram, Nicholas, Georgina and Simon |
Parent | Revd. Charles Murray & Mabel Umfreville |
Relatives | Al Murray (grandson) |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray KCMG CB (3 March 1908 – 11 September 1983) was a British journalist, radio broadcaster and diplomat.[1] He was also once the head of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office dedicated to pro-colonial and anti-communist propaganda during the Cold War.