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Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Claud Jacob | |
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![]() Jacob as a brigadier at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 | |
Born | Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India | 27 September 1899
Died | 24 April 1993 | (aged 93)
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Years of service | 1918–1946, 1952 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Service number | 15845 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Battles/wars | North-West Frontier Second World War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Relations | Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob (father) |
Other work | Director-General of the BBC (1952–59) |
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob GBE, CB (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952 to 1959.