Alec Kirkbride
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Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride between 1920 and 1951.
Biography
Kirkbride was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on 19 August 1897 to British parents and grew up in
Resident
from 1939 to 1946, and was one of Abdullah's leading British advisors.
In 1946 Transjordan gained independence. Kirkbride was then appointed
1948 Arab-Israeli war
.
From 1952 to 1954, he was ambassador to Libya. He was appointed KCMG in the 1949 Birthday Honours.
He ended his career as director of the British Bank of the Middle East, later writing academic books and articles on the Middle East, including two volumes of memoirs.
Works
- Kirkbride, Alec Seath (1956). A Crackle of Thorns: Experiences in the Middle East. London: J. Murray.
- Kirkbride, Alec Seath (1971). An Awakening: The Arab Campaign 1917–1918. Tavistock: University Press of Arabia. ISBN 0-904066-02-9.
- Kirkbride, Alec Seath (1976). From the Wings: Amman Memoirs, 1947–1951. London: F. Cass. ISBN 0-7146-3061-6.
See also
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-84519-075-0.
- ISBN 2-266-10698-8.
- Howard Sachar (1969). The Emergence of the Middle East: 1914–1924. Knopf.
- Christopher Sykes(1965). Crossroads to Israel. World Publishing Company.
External links
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Entry
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Answers.com
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