Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet (24 July 1903 - 14 January 1969), was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician. Educated at Haileybury and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1927 and served in Punjab, Rajputana, Kathiawar, Baluchistan, Central India, Tibet and the Persian Gulf. He was Chief Minister of Kalat State 1933-1936, of Nabha State 1939-1941 and of Rewa State 1943-1945, and was Joint Secretary, … Wikipedia
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