Sir Arthur Gaitskell (23 October 1900 â 8 November 1985) was a British administrator of the East Africa Royal Commission.
He was born in Rangoon, Burma, British India, to Arthur Gaitskell (1870âÂÂ1915), of the Indian Civil Service, and Adelaide Mary ( Jamieson) Gaitskell (died 1956), whose father, George Jamieson, was consul-general in Shanghai and prior to that had been Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan. His brother was Hugh Gaitskell.
He was chairman of the Sudan Gezira Board which had oversight of the Gezira Scheme. He was appointed to the East Africa Royal Commission (1953âÂÂ55).