John Colville (1915–1987)

Author of The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955

Includes the names: John Colville, J. R. Colville, John Rupert Colville, John Robertson Colville, Sir John Rupert Colville, Sir John Rupert Colville

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The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955 163 copies, 3 reviews
Winston Churchill and His Inner Circle 30 copies
Man of valour: The life of Field-Marshal the Viscount Gort,… 11 copies, 1 review
Footprints in time 11 copies, 1 review
The Portrait Of A general 3 copies, 1 review
Churchillians 3 copies, 1 review
The new Elizabethans 2 copies, 1 review
Those Lambtons!: A Most Unusual Family 2 copies, 1 review
Fools' pleasure. A leisurely journey down the Danube, to the Black Sea,… 2 copies
The History And Life Of King James The Sext: Being An Account Of The… 1 copy
Strange inheritance 1 copy, 1 review

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Colville, John Rupert

Other names

Colville, "Jock"

Colville, John Robertson

Date of birth

1915-01-28

Date of death

1987-11-19

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Nationality

England

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Britain

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Education

Harrow School

University of Cambridge (Trinity College)

Occupations

civil servant

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Awards and honors

Order of the Bath (Companion ∙ 1955)

Royal Victorian Order (Commander ∙ 1949)

Knight Bachelor (1974)

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