Benthall, Arthur Paul, Sir, 1909-1992, Knight, business leader

1924 joined Bird and Company and F. W. Heilgers & Company (Calcutta); 1934-1953 partner, Bird and Company and F. W. Heilgers & Company; 1945-1947 president, Royal Agricultural-Horticultural Society of India; 1948 and 1950-1953 member of the central board, Imperial Bank of India; 1948-1963 trustee, Gandhi Memorial Fund, India; 1950 KBE; 1950-1953 chairman, All India Board of Technical Studies in Commerce and Business Administration; 1950-1953 trustee, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta; 1952 president, UK Citizens' Association (India); 1953-1973 chairman, Bird and Company (London) Limited; 1953-1972 director, Chartered Bank; 1953-1972 director, Royal Insurance Company and Associated Companies; 1959-1972 chairman, Amalgamated Metal Corporation Limited; 1978 Medal, Internationales Burgen Institute; 1985 vice-chairman, Indo-British Historical Society, Madras.

Epithet: business leader

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