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British india public servant and governor of punjab
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81 years
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Sir Herbert William Emerson, GCIE KCSI CBE (1881–1962) was a public servant in British India, mostly renowned as the governor of the Punjab (12 Apr 1933—? ? 1938).
In 1930-1933 he was either the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department or Home Secretary and in the latter capacity correspondent of Mahatma Gandhi.
On being appointed a governor, he also became the Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India.
In 1939 he became League of Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, and Director of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees, dealing primarily with Russian and European Jewish refugees.
He was an active writer, recording local customs and publicizing his opinions.
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- Oxford Biography Index Number 101067177
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