Biographical Notes Acheson, Dean G. (1893-1971). Lawyer; private secretary to L. D. Brandeis; associate justice US Supreme Court 1919-21; Und er­ Secretary of Treasury May-November 1933; Assistant Secretary of State 1941; Under-Secretary of State 1945-7; Secretary of State 1949-53. Amery, Leopold S. (1873-1955). MP (Unionist) 1911-45; Assistant Secretary War Cabinet and Imperial War Cabinet 1917; on staff of War Council, Versailles, and personal staff of Secretary of State for War 1917-18; Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies 1919-21; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to Admiralty 1921-2; First Lord of Admiralty 1922-4; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924-9; Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1925-9; Secretary of State for India and Burma 1940-5. Anderson, John (1882-1958). KCB 1919, 1st Viscount Waverley 1952. Entered Colonial Office 1905; secretary to Northem Nigeria Lands Committee 1909; secretary to West African Currency Committee 1911; Permanent Under-Secretary of State Horne Office 1922-32; Governor of Bengal 1932-7; MP (Nationalist, Scottish Universities) 1938-50; Lord Privy Seal 1938-9; Horne Secretary and Minister of Horne Security 1939-40; Lord Presi­ dent of the Counci11940-3; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1943-5; Chairman Port of London Authority 1946-58. Attlee, Clement R. (1883-1967). 1st Earl Attlee 1955; MP (Lab.) 1922-55; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Leader of Oppo­ sition 1922-4; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War 1924; Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 1930-1; Postmaster Gen­ eral 1931; member Indian Statutory Commission 1927; Deputy Leader Labour Party in House of Commons 1931-5; Leader öf Opposition 1935-40; Lord Privy Seal 1940-2; Secretary of State Dominion Affairs 1942-3; Lord President of the CounciI1943-5; Deputy Prime Minister 1942-5; Prime Minister 1945-51; Minister of Defence 1945-6; Leader of Opposition 1951-5. Battershill, William D. (1896-1959). KCMG 1941; military service in India and Iraq 1914-19; Ceylon Civil Service 1920-8; Assistant Colonial Secretary }amaica 1929-35; Colonial Secretary Cyprus 1935-7; Chief Secretary Palestine 1937-9; Governor Cyprus 1939-41; Assistant Under-Secretary of State Colonial Office 1941-2; Deputy Under-Secretary of State 1942-5; Governor Tan­ ganyika 1945-9. Baxter, George H. (1894-1962). Entered India Office 1920; Financial 379 380 Biographical Notes Secretary 1933-43; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India 1943-7 and for Commonwealth Relations 1947-55; Chairman Conference on Closer Association in Central Africa March 1951; visited Central Africa for Victoria Falls Conference September 1951. Bevin, Emest (1881-1951). General Secretary Transport and Gen­ eral Workers Union 1921-40; member General Council of TUC 1925-40; MP (Lab.) 1940-51; Minister of Labour and National Service 1940-5; Secretary of State Foreign Affairs 1945-51. Bourdillon, Bemard H. (1883-1948). KBE 1931; Indian Civil Service 1908-17; service in Mesopotamia and Iraq 1918-29; Colonial Secretary and Chief Secretary Ceylon 1929-32; Govemor Uganda 1932-5, Nigeria 1935-42, (Governor-General-designate Sudan 1940); member Colonial Economic Development Council; Direc­ tor of Barclay's Bank DCO, and of Barclay's Overseas Develop­ ment Corporation. Bums, Alan C. (1887-1980). KCMG 1936; colonial service in Lee­ ward Islands 1905-12, Nigeria 1912-24; Colonial Secretary Baha­ mas 1924-9; Deputy Chief Secretary Nigeria 1929-34; Governor British Honduras 1934-40; Assistant Under-Secretary of State Colonial Office 1940-1; Governor Gold Coast 1941-7; acting Governor Nigeria 1942; Permanent British Representative UN Trusteeship Council 1947-56. Caine, Sydney (b. 1902). KCMG 1947; Assistant Inspector of Taxes Inland Revenue 1923-6; entered Colonial Office 1926; secretary West Indies Sugar Commission 1929; Financial Secretary Hong Kong 1937; Assistant Secretary Colonial Office 1940; member Anglo-American Caribbean Commission 1942; Financial Adviser to Secretary of State for Colonies 1942; Assistant Under­ Secretary of State 1944 and Deputy Under-Secretary of State Colonial Office 1947-8; 3rd Secretary Treasury 1948; Head UK Treasury and Supply Delegation, Washington 1949-51; Chief, World Bank Mission to Ceylon 1951; Vice Chancellor University of Malaya 1952-6; Director London School of Economics 1957-67. Cameron, Donald C. (1872-1948). KBE 1923; colonial service in British Guiana 1890-1904, Mauritius 1904-7, Nigeria 1908-24 (Chief Secretary 1921-4); Governor Tanganyika 1925-31 and Nigeria 1931-5. Campbell, John (1874-1944). Kt 1925; Indian Civil Service 1897-1922; Financial Officer University of London; Vice Chair­ man Greek Refugee Settlement Commission 1923-7 and 1929; Economic and Financial Adviser to Colonial Office 1930-42. Cartland, George B. (b. 1912). Kt 1963; colonial service Gold Coast 1935; Colonial Office 1944-9; editor Journal of African Adminis- Biographical Notes 381 tration 1945-9; secretary London African Conference 1948; served Uganda 1949-62 (Chief Secretary 1960, Deputy Gover­ nor 1961); Registrar University of Birmingham 1963-7; Vice Chancellor University of Tasmania 1968-77. Churchill, Winston L. S. (1874-1965). KG 1953; MP (C) 1900--4, (Lib.) 1904-18, (Coalition Lib.) 1918-22, (Constitutionalist) 1924-31, (C) 1931-64; Under-Secretary of State Colonies 1906--8; President Board of Trade 1908-10; Horne Secretary 1910-11; First Lord of Admiralty 1911-15; Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster 1915; Minister of Munitions 1917; Secretary of State for War and Air January 1919-February 1921, Air and Colonies February-April 1921, and for Colonies until October 1922; Chancellor of Excheq­ uer 1924-9; First Lord of Admiralty 1939-40; Prime Minister and Minister of Defence 1940-5; Leader of Opposition 1945-51; Prime Minister October 1951-April 1955 (resigned) and Minister of Defence October 1951-January 1952. Clauson, Gerard L. M. (1891-1974). KCMG 1945; oriental scholar; transferred from Inland Revenue to Colonial Office after retire­ ment from Army 1919; Assistant Secretary 1934; Assistant Under-Secretary of State 1940-51; member UK Delegation to Hot Springs Conference 1943, etc.; Chairman International Wheat Conference 1947 and International Rubber Conference 1951; retired 1951; Chairman Pirelli Ltd. 1960-9. Cohen, Andrew B. (1909-1968). KCMG 1952; transfer from Board of Inland Revenue to Colonial Office 1933; served in Malta 1940-3; Assistant Secretary 1943; Assistant Under-Secretary of State and head Africa division 1947; Governor Uganda 1952-7; Permanent British Representative UN Trusteeship Council 1957-61; Director-General Department of Technical Co-ope­ ration, London 1961-4; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Over­ seas Development 1964-8. Cranbome, Viscount bom Robert A. J. Gascoyne-Cecil (1893- 1972). Viscount, 1942; 5th Marquess of Salisbury 1947, MP (Un­ ionist) 1929-41; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Foreign Affairs 1935-8; Paymaster General 1940; Secretary of State Do­ minion Affairs 1940-2; Secretary of State for Colonies 1942; Lord Privy Seal 1942-3; Secretary of State Dominion Affairs 1943-5; Leader House of Lords 1942-5, 1951-7; Lord Privy Seal 1951-2; Secretary of State for Cornmonwealth Relations 1952; Lord Presi­ dent of Council 1952-7, resigned over colonial affairs. Creasy, Gerald H. (1897-1983). KCMG 1946; entered Colonial Office 1920; accompanied Secretary of State to Ceylon and Ma­ laya 1928 and to West Africa 1935; Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State 1937-9; seconded to Ministry of Supply 1939-42; Assistant Under-Secretary of State 1943; Chief Secretary 382 Biographical Notes West African Council 1945-7; Governor Gold Coast 1948-9 and Malta 1949-54. Cripps, R. Stafford (1889-1952). Kt 1930; barrister 1913; MP (Lab.) 1931-50; Solicitor-General 1930-1; British Ambassador to Russia 1940-2; Lord Privy Seal and Leader House of Commons 1942; Minister of'Aircraft Production 1942-5; President Board of Trade 1945; Minister for Economic Affairs 1947; Chancellor of Excheq­ uer 1947-50. Dawe, Arthur J. (1898-1950). KCMG 1942; entered Colonial Office 1918; secretary Malta Royal Commission 1931 and mission to Malta 1933-4; Assistant Secretary 1936; Assistant Under­ Secretary of State 1938; Deputy Under-Secretary of State Col­ onial Office 1945-7. Eden, R. Anthony (1897-1977). KG 1954; 1st Earl of Avon 1961; MP (C) 1923-57; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State Foreign Affairs 192&--9; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1931-3; Lord Privy Seal 1934-5; Minister without Portfolio for League of Nations Affairs 1935; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1935-8, for Dominion Affairs 1939-40, for War 1940, for Foreign Affairs 1940-5, also Leader House of Commons 1942-5; Deputy Leader of Opposition 1945-51; Sec­ retary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister 1951-April 1955; Chairman OEEC 1952-4; Prime Minister April 1955-January 1957. Franks, Oliver S. (b. 1905). KCB 1946; Baron (life peer) 1962; academic career until 1939 when temporary civil servant Minis­ try of Supply; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Supply 1945-6; Provost Queen's College, Oxford 194&--8; British Ambassador at Washington 1948-52; Chairman Lloyds Bank Ud 1954-62; Prov­ ost Worcester College, Oxford 1962-76; served on various government committees induding being chairman Falkland Is­ lands Review 1982-3. Gater, George H. (188&--1963). Kt 1936; local government service from 1912 culminating in Clerk to the London County Council 1933-9; Permanent Under-Secretary of State Colonial Office, February 1940; seconded to Ministry of Horne Security and Ministry of Supply 1940-2; Permanent Under-Secretary of State Colonial Office 1942-7. Gent, G. Edward J. (1895-1948). KCMG 1946; entered Colonial Office 1920; assistant secretary to Indian Round Table Confer­ ence 1930; Assistant Secretary Colonial Office 1939; Assistant Under-Secretary of State and head Eastern Department 1942-6; Governor Malayan Union 194&--8 and High Commissioner Fed­ eration of Malaya February-July 1948. Gordon-Walker, Patrick C. (1907-1980). Baron (life peer) 1974; Biographical Notes 383 tutor Christ Church, Oxford 1931-40; MP (Lab.) 194~ and 196fr74; Parliamentary Private Secretary to H.