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Laithwaite, Sir John Gilbert (1894-1986), knight, civil servant and diplomatist
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1894-1986
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Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India (Marquess of Linlithgow), 1936-43, and Secretary to the Governor-General, 1937-43
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India, 1943
Under-Secretary (Civil) of the War Cabinet, 1944-5
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Burma, 1945-7
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for India, 1947
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1948-9
UK Representative to the Republic of Ireland, 1949-50
Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, 1950-1
High Commissioner for the UK in Pakistan, 1951-4
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1955-9
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography