Arthur Gaitskell
Sir Arthur Gaitskell CMG (23 October 1900[1] – 8 November 1985) was a British administrator of the East Africa Royal Commission.
Family life
[edit]He was born in Rangoon, Burma, British India,[2][3] to Arthur Gaitskell (1870–1915), of the Indian Civil Service, and Adelaide Mary (née 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
[edit]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 (1953–55).[5]
Publications
[edit]- Gaitskell A. (1959) Gezira: A Story of Development in the Sudan, London: Faber & Faber
References
[edit]- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- ^ New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
- ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
- ^ 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.
- ^ East Africa Royal Commission Report 1953-5 (PDF). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
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