Sir Arthur Gaitskell (23 October 1900England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 – 8 November 1985) was a British administrator of the East Africa Royal Commission.
Family life He was born in Rangoon, Burma, British India,New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 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. He was appointed to the East Africa Royal Commission (1953–55).
Publications Gaitskell A. (1959) Gezira: A Story of Development in the Sudan, London: Faber & Faber
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