Douglas Hurd
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| Born | Douglas Richard Hurd 1930-03-08 Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Eton College, Cambridge University/Trinity College |
| Parents | Anthony Hurd, Stephanie Frances Corner |
| Children | Thomas Hurd, Nick Hurd, Alexander Hurd, 1 other son, 1 daughter |
| Spouse | Tatiana Eyre |
| Party | Conservative |
| Relatives | Anthony, Lord Hurd, Sir Percy Hurd |
UK Deep state operative, Eton, Trinity College Cambridge, Chatham House/President | |
Douglas Richard Hurd is a retired politician, rumoured spook and deep state operative. He was UK home secretary in the 1980s, later succeeded by John Major as president of Chatham House.
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“NATO is one of the principal props which have allowed Britain to punch above its weight in the world.”
(1993) [1]
Family tragedy
Catherine Hurd, 46, daughter-in-law of Douglas, "climbed a ladder, went through a hatch and stepped off the roof of the four-storey house in the fashionable Upper East Side of the city" of New York on May 21 2011. The judge returned an open verdict.[2]