Archibald Chisholm

Archibald Hugh Tennent Chisholm, (August 17, 1902 – November 22, 1992) was a British oil executive and journalist who was editor of the Financial Times between 1937 and 1940.

Early life Chisholm was born in 1902. His parents were Hugh Chisholm, the editor of the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and city editor of The Times, and Eliza Chisholm . Chisholm attended Westminster School and subsequently graduated from Christ Church, Oxford. He played football at Christ Church and later claimed to have played tennis with Helen Wills-Moody.

Chisholm returned to the oil industry after the Second World War and was part of the delegation to the International Court of Justice that argued the case of BP following the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry in 1951. He remained part of BP until 1962 and subsequently served as an adviser to the company until 1972. The couple had a daughter and son. Goudge died in 1983. The Times wrote in his obituary that Chisholm was 'Tall, distinguished, scholarly [and] urbane" and that he was "never happier" than when he entertained friends in The Savoy Grill, with each meal there starting with pink champagne.

Selected publications The First Kuwait Oil Concession Agreement: A Record of the Negotiations 1911-1934