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

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

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

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