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.

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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

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Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier

British civil servant and politician (1859–1943)

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About Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier

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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

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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February 15, 1943

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