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British journalist and civil servant

SirThomas Fife ClarkCBE
Sir Thomas Fife Clark (1955)
Downing Street Press Secretary
In office
1952–1955
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byReginald Bacon
Succeeded byWilliam D. Clark
Personal details
BornThomas Fife Clark
(1907-05-29)29 May 1907
Died29 March 1985(1985-03-29) (aged 77)

Sir Thomas Fife Clark CBE (29 May 1907 – 29 March 1985) was a British journalist and civil servant.

Career

Clark served as Downing Street Press Secretary, between 1952 and 1955, under Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He then served as Director General of the Central Office of Information for almost seventeen years (1954–71). In this role, he produced long running campaigns for road safety and army recruitment as well as being in charge of the British Pavilions at the World Fairs.

Honours

Clark was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1949 Birthday Honours, and was knighted in the 1965 Birthday Honours.

In 1971, Allen & Unwin published Sir Fife Clark's work, The Central Office of Information.

References

  1. "Clark, Sir (Thomas) Fife, (29 May 1907–28 March 1985), retired; formerly Director General, Central Office of Information". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u162941. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "The Papers of Sir Thomas Fife Clark". Churchill Archives Centre. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Clark, Sir Thomas Fife (1907–1985), journalist and public relations expert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66850. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 3 April 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. British Empire list: "No. 38628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1949. p. 2802.
  5. UK list: "No. 43667". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1965. p. 5471.
  6. Clark, Fife (1971). "The Central Office of Information". Allen & Unwin.
Government offices
Preceded byReginald Bacon Downing Street Press Secretary
1952-1955 		Succeeded byWilliam D. Clark
Downing Street press secretaries
Clement Attlee
  • Francis Williams (1945–1947)
  • Philip Jordan (1947–1951)
  • Reginald Bacon (1951)
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
  • John Groves (1963–1964)
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
  • Tom McCaffrey (1976–1979)
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
  • Alastair Campbell (1997–2000)
  • Godric Smith (2001–2004)
  • Thomas Kelly (2004–2007)
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
  • Gabby Bertin (2010–2012)
  • Susie Squire (2012–2013)
  • Graeme Wilson (2013–2016)
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
  • Alex Wild (2022)
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
  • Sophie Nazemi (2024–present)


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