Owen Morshead

Sir Owen Morshead
Born(1893-09-28)28 September 1893
Tavistock, Devon
Died1 June 1977(1977-06-01) (aged 83)
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1915–1919
RankMajor
UnitRoyal Engineers
Commands9th Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (5)
Legion of Honour (France)
War Merit Cross (Italy)

Sir Owen Frederick Morshead, GCVO, KCB, DSO, MC (28 September 1893 – 1 June 1977)[1] was a British Army officer and librarian, who served as Royal Librarian from 1926 to 1958.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Morshead, Sir Owen, (1893–1 June 1977), Librarian, Windsor Castle, 1926–58, after which date appointed Emeritus Librarian; also formerly Assistant Keeper Royal Archives; Fellow Magdalene College, Cambridge, since 1920; Chairman Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 1959–73". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u157773. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Morshead, Sir Owen Frederick (1893–1977), librarian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66332. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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