Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob, GBE, CB, (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952 to 1960.
Read more about Ian Jacob: Early Life, Wartime Work, Post-war, Back Into Government, Jacob As BBC Director-General, Later Life
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