About James Crombie
Lived 1902 – 1969 (aged 66–67). James Crombie was a civil servant.
Sir James Ian Cormack Crombie, KCB, KBE, CMG (1902–1969) was an English civil servant. Having served in the War Office, HM Treasury, the Ministry of Food and the Foreign Office, he concluded his career as Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1955 to 1962 and, simultaneously, Chairman of the Civil Service Sports Council from 1959 to 1962.
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Who was James Crombie?
British civil servant
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James Crombie was born in 1902.
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James Crombie died in 1969.
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James Crombie was a civil servant.
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