The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Sir Arthur Stanley<br />
1934-1946<br />
14<br />
Sir Arthur Stanley was a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> between 1934 <strong>and</strong> 1938,<br />
serving as <strong>its</strong> Chairman from 1938 till 1946, when he retired due to health issues. Count<br />
Folke Bernadotte was chosen to step in as Chairman between 1946 <strong>and</strong> 1948. By <strong>the</strong> time<br />
Arthur Stanley became chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International Council (previous name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong><br />
<strong>Commission</strong>), he had spent a pr<strong>of</strong>essional lifetime as a philanthropist, politician <strong>and</strong> a senior<br />
member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> Society. His early pr<strong>of</strong>essional life was spent as a diplomat<br />
in Egypt. From 1898 to 1918 he was a Conservative <strong>Member</strong> <strong>of</strong> Parliament.<br />
Arthur Stanley began his <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> career in 1905 <strong>and</strong> from 1914 he was appointed<br />
Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Executive Committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> Society (BRCS), a post he held<br />
for 29 years. Throughout <strong>the</strong> First World War he was also Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Joint War<br />
Committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> BRCS <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Order <strong>of</strong> St John <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem which provided joint services<br />
14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Arthur_Stanley.jpg can also use picture from:<br />
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw72248/Sir-Arthur-Stanley<br />
10
Change language