Sir Edward Thomas Frederick Crowe KCMG (20 August 1877 – 8 March 1960) was a senior British civil servant and diplomat.
[1] Born on the Greek island of Zakynthos on 20 August 1877, Edward Crowe was educated at Bedford School.
In 1897 he joined the Diplomatic Service and was appointed as a student interpreter in Japan.
[3][4][5] He retired from the Civil Service in 1937, and was President of the Royal Society of Arts between 1941 and 1943.
He died in Cairo, on 8 March 1960, aged 82, whilst visiting his son, Sir Colin Crowe, who was British Chargé d'Affaires in Egypt at the time of his father's death.