Geoffrey Whiskard
Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard KCB KCMG (1886 – 19 May 1957) was a British civil servant and diplomat.
Whiskard was educated at Westminster School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained first class in Mods and Greats. He married Cynthia Reeves in 1915, having three children Richard, Mary and John. Geoffrey entered the Home Office in 1911 and served as an Assistant Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland during the Anglo-Irish war,[1] then in the Colonial Office 1922–25 and in the Dominions Office 1925–35. He was High Commissioner to Australia 1936–41,[2] and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Works 1941–43 and at the Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1943–46.
References
- WHISKARD, Sir Geoffrey (Granville), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/h/o/John-J-Thomas/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1214.html
- http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/d30d79e4ab5621f9ca256c8600163c0d/a6d56708992f4590ca256d3b007a0bc7?OpenDocument
- http://www.cairogang.com/other-people/administration/administration.html
- List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia
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