Brian Crowe

{{Short description|British diplomat (1938–2020)}}

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| name = Sir Brian Crowe

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| office = Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria

| term_start = 1989

| term_end = 1992

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| predecessor = Robert O'Neill

| successor = Terence Wood

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| birth_date = 5 January 1938

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|03|23|1938|01|05|df=yes}}

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| nationality = British

| alma_mater = Magdalen College, Oxford

| occupation = Diplomat

| known_for = Ambassador to Austria, 1989–1992{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Ian |last2=Norton-Taylor |first2=Richard |title=Put away the croquet mallets, diplomats told, and start selling UK plc |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jul/22/ambassadors-relations-diplomacy-cameron |access-date=11 April 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=22 Jul 2010}}

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| relatives = Eyre Crowe (grandfather)

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Sir Brian Lee Crowe {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (5 January 1938 – 23 March 2020) was a British diplomat, who was Ambassador to Austria from 1989 to 1992.{{cite news |title=Sir Brian Crowe obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sir-brian-crowe-obituary-g39pjvptn |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Times |date=9 April 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Scarlett|first=Gwenda|date=15 October 2003|title=British Diplomatic Oral History Programme; Interview Index and Biographical Details; Sir Brian Lee Crowe (Born 5 January 1938, died 23 March 2020)|url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Crowe_XuXaLks.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101042714/https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Crowe_XuXaLks.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|publisher=Churchill College, University of Cambridge}}

He was born on 5 January 1938, the son of Eric Crowe, a diplomat, and Virginia Teusler. His grandfather was Sir Eyre Crowe. He was educated at Waterkloof House Preparatory School, Sherborne School and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Crowe died on 23 March 2020 due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.{{Cite journal|date=August 2020|title=In Memoriam|url=https://www.whpsschool.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WHPS-Old-Boys-Chronicle_Term-2_2020.pdf|journal=Old Boy's Chronicle|location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Waterkloof House Preparatory School|volume=Term 2|page=[https://www.whpsschool.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WHPS-Old-Boys-Chronicle_Term-2_2020.pdf#page=4 4]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217095839/https://www.whpsschool.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WHPS-Old-Boys-Chronicle_Term-2_2020.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2020|quote=Sir Brian Crowe, Class of 1947: Brian Crowe sadly passed away in March 2020. He had been ill for some time. He attended the UK Reunion in 2019 with his son Alex.}}