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Sable a chevron Argent between two unicorns' heads couped in chief and in base as many arrows in saltire and filed by a ducal crown Or.
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Head was born in London on 19 December 1906, the son of Geoffrey Head and Ethel Daisy, daughter of Arthur Flower. He was educated at
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Colville, John (2004). "Head, Antony Henry, first Viscount Head (1906–1983), army officer and politician".
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A unicorn's head couped Sable armed and crined Or between two arrows erect points downward of the last.
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On either side a Staffordshire terrier Sable gorged with a dog collar Or.
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A career soldier, Head was commissioned a second lieutenant in the
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Lord Head married Lady Dorothea Louise (1907–1987), daughter of
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from 1963 to 1966. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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and promoted to be Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in 1963.
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High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
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in 1951 and in 1960 he was raised to the peerage as
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High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Nigeria
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Anthony Head, 1st Viscount Head
Anthony Head
The Right Honourable
GCMG
CBE
MC
PC


Secretary of State for War
George VI
Elizabeth II
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
John Strachey
John Hare
Minister of Defence
Elizabeth II
Anthony Eden
Sir Walter Monckton
Duncan Sandys
Bishopstone, Salisbury
Conservative
Alma mater
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
GCMG
CBE
MC
PC
Conservative

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