the son of Police Constable Thomas Oliver, who was awarded the George Medal for his bravery in trying to rescue victims of the Barnes Railway Crash on 2 December 1955. His son, Sir Craig Oliver, is a former BBC News executive who was appointed David Cameron's Director of Communications in February 2011, following the resignation of Andy Coulson. Oliver's other son is acclaimed interior designer Guy Oliver of Oliver Laws Limited. His nephew (via his only sister, Audrey Samuel (1935–2022)) is The Worshipful Glyn Samuel, Chancellor, Vicar-General and Official Principal of the Diocese of Coventry(and Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Leeds). Oliver died in Scotland on 8 July 2022, at the age of 82 (although his obituary states he died 7 July his family report he died just after midnight on 8 July). Bibliography and publications The Metropolitan Police Approach to the Prosecution of Juvenile Offenders: Peel Press (1978) Police, Government and Accountability: Macmillan (1987, reprinted 1996) Weekly column for the Press and Journal (2001 – 20??) References 1940 births 2022 deaths Royal Air Force officers British Chief Constables English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal