Arthur Gaitskell

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

Family life

He was born the child of Arthur Gaitskell (1870–1915), of the Indian Civil Service, and Adelaide Mary Gaitskell, née Jamieson (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.[1] He was appointed to the East Africa Royal Commission (1953-5).[2]

Publications

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

References

  1. ↑ Rupert Hall, A.; Bembridge, B. A. (1986). Physic and Philanthropy: A History of the Wellcome Trust 1936-1986. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 70.
  2. ↑ 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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