John Archibald Mulhall

John Archibald Mulhall CMG OBE (19 July 1899 – 16 April 1971) was a British colonial civil servant in British Ceylon and the Gold Coast.

Early life and education Mulhall was born on 19 July 1899, the son of Robert Mulhall of Southampton. He was educated at University College, London (BSc). He served in the First World War, from 1916 to 1918, in the 8th City of London Regiment.

Career Mulhall joined the Ceylon Civil Service as a cadet in 1921. He served in various administrative posts in Ceylon including in succession: Assistant in the Kacheries of Kalatara, Puttalam, Badulla, Galle, and Anuradhapura (1921–1927); Assistant Colonial Secretary (1928); Assistant Chief Secretary (1931); Secretary of the Retrenchment Commission (1932); Assistant Chief Secretary (1933); Acting Department Chief Secretary (1943); Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon (1943), and Secretary to the Governor-General of Ceylon (1948).

In 1957, Mulhall served as chairman of the Public Service Commission in the Gold Coast, and the same year, was involved in the establishment of a Public Service Commission in Cyprus.

Personal life and death

Mulhall married Eleanor Webb in 1936. They had no children.