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Sir Arthur Gaitskell CMG (October 1900 – 8 November 1985) was an administrator in the British Empire.
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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. He was appointed to the East Africa Royal Commission (1953-5).
Publications
Gaitskell A. (1959) Gezira: A Story of Development in the Sudan, London: Faber & Faber
References
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