Arthur Gaitskell

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Sir Arthur Gaitskell CMG (23 October 1900[1] – 8 November 1985) was an administrator in the British Empire.

Family life[]

He was born in Rangoon, Burma, British India,[2][3] to Arthur Gaitskell (1870–1915), of the Indian Civil Service, and Adelaide Mary Jamieson Gaitskell (died 1956), whose father, George Jamieson, was consul-general in Shanghai and prior to that had been Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan. His brother was Hugh Gaitskell.

Career[]

He was chairman of the Sudan Gezira Board which had oversight of the Gezira Scheme.[4] He was appointed to the East Africa Royal Commission (1953-5).[5]

Publications[]

  • Gaitskell A. (1959) Gezira: A Story of Development in the Sudan, London: Faber & Faber

References[]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
  3. ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  4. ^ Rupert Hall, A.; Bembridge, B. A. (1986). Physic and Philanthropy: A History of the Wellcome Trust 1936-1986. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780521326391.
  5. ^ http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/CommissionReports/E-A-Royal-Commission-1953-1955.pdf. East Africa Royal Commission Report 1953-5. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
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