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British Colonial administrator

Edward Keith-Roach
Administrator of Palestine
Personal details
Born1885
Gloucester, England
Died1954

Edward Keith-Roach OBE CBE (Born 1885 Gloucester, England - died 1954) was the British Colonial administrator during the British mandate on Palestine, who also served as the governor of Jerusalem from 1926 to 1945 (excluding a period in the 1930s when he was governor of Galilee). He was posted during period of great political upheaval, "Reuters labelling him 'the Pasha of Jerusalem'."

References

Edward Keith-Roach is the author of a number of books about Palestine. And an Autobiography:

  • (1922): The Handbook of Palestine Publisher: Macmillan Company, 1922
  • (1930): The Handbook of Palestine and Trans-Jordan Publisher: Macmillan Company, 1930
  • (1994): Pasha of Jerusalem: Memoirs of a District Commissioner Under the British mandate Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
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