Stephen Olver was among the last of his generation of men who served British India in their youth and shifted the focus of their careers to the British Foreign Service and international affairs in middle age.
Transferring to the British Diplomatic Service in 1950, he ended his career 25 years later as High Commissioner in Nicosia.Stephen John Linley Olver was educated at Stowe School and the University of Munich.
When Pakistan became independent in August 1947 Olver continued to serve the Pakistan Foreign Service in Karachi until 1950 when he transferred to the British Foreign Service.
He served in Berlin, Bangkok, Washington, D.C.[1] and The Hague before being appointed High Commissioner to Sierra Leone in 1969.
[3] He was knighted KBE shortly before his retirement, in the New Year Honours of 1975.