Ingrams, William Harold, 1897-

Harold Ingrams was a British Colonial Administrator, best known for the "Ingrams Peace". He was born in 1897, the son of a clergyman, W.S. Ingrams. He was educated at Shrewsbury School. He fought and was wounded in the First World War and then joined the Colonial Service, working in Zanzibar and Mauritius before being posted to Aden, in southern Arabia, in 1934. He served as Political Officer, Aden, 1934-7, and British Resident Adviser at Mukalla, Saudi Arabia (later the Eastern Aden Protectorate), 1937-40 and 1942-4; and Acting Governor, 1940, and Chief Secretary, 1940-2, Aden. During this period, he and his wife travelled extensively in the Hadhramaut, becoming the first Europeans to explore the Sei'ar country and the Mahra hinterland and helping to negotiate a truce between local tribesmen, 1937. Harold Ingrams was seconded to the British Control Commission in Germany, 1945-7. He returned to the Colonial Service as Chief Commissioner, Northern Territories, Gold Coast, 1947-8, and served on missions to Gibraltar, 1949; Hong Kong, 1950; and Uganda, 1956. He was Adviser on Overseas Information, Colonial Office, 1950-4; editor of "Commonwealth Challenge" and "If You Ask Me", 1952-66; and a member of the Joint Research Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1966-8. He retired to Kent, 1968, and died on 9 December 1973.

From the description of Tour to Malaya, Java and Hyderabad [manuscript] : 1939 / W.H. Ingrams ; copied out by Leila Ingrams. [2010] (National Library Board, Singapore). WorldCat record id: 701012969

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