John Macrae-Gibson
Civil servant, trade unionist and military officer
About John Macrae-Gibson
Lived 1883 – 1949 (aged 65–66). John Macrae-Gibson was a military officer, civil servant, trade unionist and writer.
John Hume Macrae-Gibson (1883 – 26 September 1949) was a British civil servant and trade unionist, who served on the executive of the Fabian Society.
Macrae-Gibson was educated privately. He worked in HM Customs and Excise and as a journalist, and served in the British Army during World War I. After the war, he became the president of the Custom Port Clerks' Association, and through that, served on the executive of the Civil Service Confederation. He was a founder of the Institute of Public Administration.
Macrae-Gibson joined the Independent Labour Party and the Fabian Society, serving on the Fabian executive in 1921 and from 1923 to 1925.
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civil servant, trade unionist and military officer
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John Macrae-Gibson was born in 1883.
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John Macrae-Gibson died in 1949.
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John Macrae-Gibson was a military officer, civil servant, trade unionist and writer.
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