11 Facts About Tom Carver

Tom Carver's grandfather, Oswald Carver, was an Olympic oarsman who rowed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Tom Carver was killed during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 aged 28.

Tom Carver was educated at The King's School in Canterbury, an independent boarding school for boys, followed by the University of Bristol.

Tom Carver was 15 when Montgomery died, and formed part of the guard of honour at his funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, as part of his school cadet force.

Tom Carver became a BBC foreign correspondent, reporting on the withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War.

Tom Carver reported on the murders of dozens of women in Juarez, Mexico and covered the disputed 2000 presidential election.

Tom Carver was appointed BBC Newsnight Washington correspondent and was an eyewitness to the attack on Washington on the 11th September 2001.

Tom Carver covered the 2004 election and was at the 2004 Democratic National Convention when Barack Obama gave his first national speech.

Tom Carver left the BBC after the election to become Senior Vice-President at Control Risks.

Tom Carver has written for numerous newspapers, including The Independent, London Review of Books, The Sunday Times, New Statesman and The Guardian.

Since 1989, Tom Carver has been married to BBC news anchor Katty Kay.