policies. There cannot have been many senior Bntish diplomats in this century who were so widely popular and respected in so many different circles. — Obituary, The Times, London, 24 July 1989, page 18 After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Sir Colin Crowe was a director of Grindlays Bank 1976–84, chairman of the Council of Cheltenham Ladies College 1974–86, and chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 1973–85. Personal life In 1938, while Crowe was stationed in Peking, Colin Crowe married Bettina Lum, nicknamed Peter, who as the daughter of American missionary Burt Francis Lum and artist Bertha Lum had lived in China since 1922. She became an author and an expert on China. They had no children. Honours Colin Crowe was appointed CMG in 1956, knighted KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1963 on his appointment to Saudi Arabia, and promoted GCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1973. Additional sources CROWE, Sir Colin Tradescant, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online ed., Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 19 July 2012 Sir Colin Crowe (obituary), The Times, London, 24 July 1989, page 18 References |- 1913 births 1989 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia Crowe family Fellows of St Antony's College, Oxford Heads of the British Mission in Egypt High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of HM Diplomatic Service People educated at Stowe School Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the United Nations 20th-century British diplomats