Sir Auckland Geddes, who early this year resigned his post as Ambassador to the United States, which he had held for three years, has entered business life, having' become a rector of the Liverpool, London, Globe Insurance Company. Sir Auckland, whose tenure of office at Washington covered the Washington Conference and the Anglo-American debt settlement, suffered from ill-health during his last year in Ameri. ca, his eyesight being seriously fected. When he returned to Eng-Iand he said that he would have few months' rest before taking up any hew work, and his health is now fully restored.
Sir Auckland was one of the War Ministers. He was Professor Anatomy at MeGill University, Montreal, when the War broke out, entered the army (he had held a commission in the Highland Light Infantry in the South African War), and rose to be Brigadier General in charge of recruiting, 1916- 11. He then joined the Government as Minister of National Service, became successively President of' the Local Government Board, Minister Sident of the Board of Trad In 1920 he was appointed Principal of McGill University, and the same year went to Wi Ambas-washington His brother, Sir Erie Geddes, also! Left politics for business -sfter: the fall of the Coalition Government.
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