Laithwaite, John Gilbert, Sir, 1894-1986, Knight, Indian administrator
Biographical notes:
1917–18 second lieutenant with the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers; 1924 India Office principal; 1932 secretary of the Indian franchise (Lothian) committee; 1935-1936 secretary of the Indian delimitation committee; 1935 CIE; 1936 -1943 principal private secretary to the second marquess of Linlithgow, viceroy of India; 1938 CSI; 1941 KCIE; 1943-1944 assistant under-secretary of state for India; 1944-1945 under-secretary (civil) of the war cabinet; 1945-1947 deputy under-secretary of state for Burma; 1947 deputy under-secretary of state for India; 1948-1949 deputy under-secretary for Commonwealth relations; 1948 KCMG; 1949 United Kingdom representative to the Republic of Ireland; 1950 United Kingdom ambassador to the Republic of Ireland; 1951-1954 high commissioner in Pakistan; 1953 GCMG; 1955-1959 permanent under-secretary of state for Commonwealth relations; 1955 honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; 1956 KCB; 1959-1971 member of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries; 1960 freeman of the City of London; 1963-1966 vice-chairman of the Commonwealth Institute; 1964-1969 president of the Hakluyt Society; 1966-1969 president of the Royal Geographical Society; 1967 vice-president of the Royal Central Asian Society; 1972-1973 master of the Tallow Chandlers' Company
Epithet: Indian administrator
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000122
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- Australia, Australia (as recorded)
- Arabian Peninsula, Africa (as recorded)
- Orissa, India (as recorded)
- Bihar, India (as recorded)
- Central Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- United States, North America (as recorded)
- Sind, India (as recorded)
- United Provinces, India (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Purnea, Bihar (as recorded)
- Pakistan, Asia (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
- Baroda State, India (as recorded)
- Mokokchung, Assam (as recorded)
- Central Provinces and Berar, India (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier Province, India (as recorded)
- Punjab, India (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Pakistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Simla, India (as recorded)
- Iran, Asia (as recorded)
- East Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Ghana, Africa (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Santal Parganas, Bihar (as recorded)
- United States, North America (as recorded)
- Punjab Hills, India (as recorded)
- Japan, Asia (as recorded)
- United Provinces, India (as recorded)
- Bihar, India (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
- Puri, Orissa (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Ethiopia, Africa (as recorded)
- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- North Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Middle East, Asia (as recorded)
- Far East, Asia (as recorded)
- Baluchistan, Pakistan (as recorded)
- New Zealand, Australia (as recorded)
- Ajanta, Hyderabad State (as recorded)
- Simla Hill States, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- East Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Kunming, Burma (as recorded)
- Singapore, Asia (as recorded)
- West Indies, Caribbean (as recorded)
- Shan States, Burma (as recorded)
- Middle East, Asia (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Naga Hills, Assam (as recorded)
- Nigeria, Africa (as recorded)
