Edward Keith-Roach
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Edward Keith-Roach | |
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| Born | 1885 Gloucester, England |
| Died | 1954 |
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[dubious – discuss] (excluding a period in the 1930s when he was governor of Galilee). He was posted during a period of great political upheaval, Reuters labelling him 'the Pasha of Jerusalem'.[1]
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[edit]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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