Eastwood, Christopher Gilbert

Birth Name Eastwood, Christopher Gilbert [1]
Call Name Christopher
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 5 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth April 21, 1905    

 
Education   Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom  

 
Education   Trinity College The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom  

 
Occupation 1927 Colonial Office, United Kingdom Government, Colonial Office, United Kingdom Christopher Eastwood entered the Civil Service

 
Occupation 1932   Christopher Eastwood served as Private Secretary to the High Commissioner for Palestine

 
Occupation 1940   Christopher Eastwood served as Private Secretary to George Lloyd and Walter Guinness, successive Secretary of State for the Colonies

Event Note

On September 3, 1940,, at a luncheon with Chaim Weizmann, Prime Minister Winston Churchill approved the large-scale recruitment of Jewish forces in Palestine and the training of their officers.
A further 10,000 men, no more than 3,000 from Palestine, were to be recruited to Jewish units in the British Army for training in the United Kingdom.

Event Note

On November 13, 1940, Christopher Eastwood sent the cable to Prime Minister Winston Churchill: I have accordingly decided, on the strong recommendation of Sir Harold MacMichael, that any Jewish arrivals must be refused admission to Palestine. PREM 4/51/1 page 91
On November 21, 1940, Christopher Eastwood sent the cable to Prime Minister Winston Churchill: The position is that the intention of the Government to remove Jewish refugees from Haifa to a British Colony has now been officially announced in Palestine. Its revocation would be interpreted only in one sense, as a surrender to Jewish agitation. If such an impression were created, not only would more and more shiploads be encouraged to descend upon us, but the political effect in the Middle East would be altogether deplorable. PREM 4/51/1 pages 85-86

 
Occupation 1947 Colonial Office, United Kingdom Government, Colonial Office, United Kingdom Christopher Eastwood served as Assistant Under-Secretary of State

 
Death October 14, 1983    

 

Source References

  1. British Intelligence and the Mandate of Palestine: Threats to British National Security Immediately After the Second World War

Pedigree

    1. Eastwood, Christopher Gilbert