Sir Arnold Edersheim Overton, KCB, KCMG, MC (8 January 1893 - 10 September 1975) was an English civil servant. The son of a Canon F. A. Overton, he was educated at

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, and served in the First World War, before entering the

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in 1919. He represented Britain at the

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and on the Anglo-American Trade Agreement. He was the

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of the Board of Trade from 1941 to 1945 and of the Ministry of Civil Aviation from 1947 to 1953. Between 1945 and 1947, he had been Minister in Charge of the Middle East Office in

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. His son,

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, was a diplomat."Sir Arnold Overton", ''

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'', 13 September 1975, p. 12. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Overton, Arnold 1893 births 1975 deaths English civil servants Alumni of New College, Oxford Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George