Sir Arthur James Croft Huddleston CMG OBE (6 July 1880 – 18 February 1948) was a British colonial civil servant.[1][2]
Huddleston was born at Cambridge. He was the son of Tristram Frederick Croft Huddleston and his wife Bessie, daughter of Rev. J. Chataway. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge,[3] where his father had been a fellow.[4]
He was governor of Khartoum Province, 1920–22 and Blue Nile Province 1922–27. He was then Financial Secretary in the Sudanese Government, 1928–31; and its Economic Adviser, 1931–32. He was Director of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, from 1933 to 1945.
He was appointed OBE in 1919, CMG in 1927 and Knight Bachelor in 1933.[5]
References edit
- ^ ‘HUDDLESTON, Sir Arthur James Croft’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 29 Dec 2013
- ^ Sir A. J. C. Huddleston The Sudan And Glasgow (Obituaries) The Times Saturday, Feb 21, 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51001; col E
- ^ "Sir Arthur Huddleston (HDLN899AJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Huddleston, Tristram Frederick Croft (HDLN867TF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Huddleston, Sir Arthur James Croft, (6 July 1880–18 Feb. 1948)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u227114. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 2021-04-01.