Keith-Roach, Edward, 1885-1954

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קית'-רואץ', אדוארד, 1885-1954
Name (Latin)
Keith-Roach, Edward, 1885-1954
Other forms of name
Roach, Edward Keith-, 1885-1954
Keith-Roach, Edward, 1885-
Date of birth
1885
Date of death
1954
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 819601
Wikidata: Q5343894
Library of congress: n 95008576
OCoLC: oca03761698
Sources of Information
  • His Pasha of Jerusalem, 1994:t.p. (Edward Keith-Roach) jckt. (b. 1885; served as district commissioner both in northern Palestine and in Jerusalem from 1938 onwards; d. in 1954)
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Wikipedia description:

Edward Keith-Roach (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 a period of great political upheaval, Reuters labelling him 'the Pasha of Jerusalem'.

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