non-fiction writer
Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier.
British civil servant and politician (1859–1943)
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About Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier, was a British civil servant. A Fabian and a member of the Labour Party, he served as Governor of Jamaica and as Secretary of State for India in the first government of Ramsay MacDonald. He was an uncle of the actor Laurence Olivier.
Everything about Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier →- Occupation
- non-fiction writer, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Governor of Jamaica, member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 16, 1859
- Died
- February 15, 1943