G. E. C. Wakefield

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George Edward Campbell Wakefield

Anglo-Indian civil servant who served as Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir between 1929 and 1931.[3]

Biography

Wakefield was born in Multan, Bengal, British India to George Edward Wakefield and his second wife, Adelaide ("Ada") Ruth Mary Allsop.[4] His paternal grandmother was Indian or Bengali and converted to Christianity, taking the name Maria Suffolk.[5]

He joined the British Indian Civil Service and served as an Assistant Engineer in the Irrigation Department of Punjab from 1892; held various posts in Udaipur from 1903 to 1909; served in the government of the Nizam of Hyderabad from 1910 to 1921 as irrigation settlement officer, deputy Director General of Revenue, as director general of Commerce and Industries and then as personal secretary to the Nizam.[6][2][7][8] Wakefield was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the British Raj for public service in India in 1901.[9]

From 1921 Wakefield served in the government of Jammu and Kashmir and was Prime Minister between 1929 and 1931.[10] He was replaced by Hari Kishan Kaul under controversial circumstances.[11]

In 1931, nearing retirement, Wakefield established a citrus orchard at Khanpur, Rawalpindi, importing plants from Florida, California, South Africa and Australia. In December 2016 the orchard was being advertised as a prestige development under the name "Wakefield Gardens".[12]

In 1942 he published a memoir, Recollections : 50 years in the service of India (Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette).[13]

He died in Rawalpindi, aged 70.[14]

Honours

Wakefield was appointed an Officer of the

London Gazette when he was Director-General of Revenue, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad, Deccan.[15] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1928 Birthday Honours, when he was described as Police and Public Works Minister, Jammu and Kashmir State.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Recollections: 50 Years In The Service Of India". Sales catalogue. Rooke Books. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780230603448
    – via Google Books.
  3. ISBN 9781604816037
    – via Google Books.
  4. ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  5. ISBN 9780857739988
    . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Centre of South Asian Studies: Archive". www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ^ The Parliamentary Debates (official Report).: House of Commons. H.M. Stationery Office. 1917 – via Google Books.
  8. New York Times
    .
  9. ^ Great Britain India Office (1902). The India List and India Office List for 1902. Harrison and Sons. p. 150 – via Internet Archive. George Edward Campbell Wakefield.
  10. ISBN 9789386062819
    – via Google Books.
  11. JSTOR 2757363
    .
  12. ^ "Wakefield Gardens, Sangjani, Islamabad, Pakistan". Right Property. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Catalogue Record for "Recollections : 50 years in the service of India"". British Library. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  14. ^ India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948
  15. ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6716.
  16. ^ "No. 33390". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3850.
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