Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Christopher Ewart-Biggs | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Ireland | |
| In office 9 July 1976 – 21 July 1976 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Galsworthy |
| Succeeded by | Robin Haydon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1921 Thanet, Kent, England |
| Died | 21 July 1976 (aged 54) Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3, including Kate Ewart-Biggs |
| Education | Wellington College |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Unit | Royal West Kent Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, CMG, OBE (5 August 1921 – 21 July 1976) was the British ambassador to Ireland, an author and senior Foreign Office liaison officer with MI6. He was killed in 1976 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Sandyford, Dublin.
His widow, Jane Ewart-Biggs, became a Life Peer in the House of Lords, campaigned to improve Anglo-Irish relations and established the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for literature.