Cecil Kisch

Sir Cecil Hermann Kisch, KCIE, CB (31 March 1884 – 20 October 1961) was a British civil servant in the India Office who rose to be Deputy Under-Secretary of State for India from 1943 to 1946. In later life, he became an author and historian, and had a long literary career.

Early life and family He belonged to the Jewish Kisch family of Prague. He was born on 31 March 1884 in Kolkata, India. He was the son of Herman Michael Kisch and Alice Charlotte Kisch.

Central Banks; a Study of the Constitutions of Banks of Issue, with an Analysis of Representative Charters (co-authored with W. A. Elkin, 1928) The Portuguese Bank Note Case; the Story and Solution of a Financial Perplexity (1932) The Principles and Problems of Federal Finance by B. P. Adarkar (foreword by C. H. Kisch, 1933)

He translated a number of works from the Russian language to the English language:

He received his knighthood at the 1932 Birthday Honours and was awarded the Order of the Indian Empire.