William Harold Ingrams, (3 February 1897 – 9 December 1973) was a British colonial administrator who served in
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...
,
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
, the
Aden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate ( ') was a British protectorate in southern Arabia. The protectorate evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut after the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British India in January ...
(1934-1945), the British Zone in post-WW2
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
(1945-1947), and the
Gold Coast. He is best known for his posting in
Mukalla
Mukalla, officially the Mukalla City District, is a seaport and the capital city district of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut Governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the South Arabia, southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of A ...
, together with his wife
Doreen, where he oversaw the
Hadhramaut
Hadhramaut ( ; ) is a geographic region in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula which includes the Yemeni governorates of Hadhramaut, Shabwah and Mahrah, Dhofar in southwestern Oman, and Sharurah in the Najran Province of Saudi A ...
region and brokered a truce between feuding tribes known as "Ingrams' Peace".
Bibliography
* ''Arabia and the Isles: Its History and Its People'', with a foreword by Lt-Col Sir Bernard Reilly. John Murray, London, 1942; 3rd edition with an Introduction Covering the Recent Developments in South Western Arabia, Praeger, New York, 1966.
* ''Seven Across the Sahara, from Ash to Accra'', John Murray, London, 1949.
* ''Hong Kong'', HM Stationery Office, London, 1952.
* ''Uganda: A Crisis of Nationhood'', HM Stationery Office, London, 1960.
* ''The Yemen: Imams, Rulers and Revolutions'', John Murray, London, 1963.
* ''Zanzibar: Its History and Its People'', Cass, London, 1967.
See also
*
Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh Al-Kaff
External links
The Papers of Harold Ingramsheld at
Churchill Archives Centre
The Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge is one of the largest repositories in the United Kingdom for the preservation and study of modern personal papers. It is best known for housing the papers ...
Obituary: Harold Ingrams, CMG, OBE
Further reading
* ''A Winter in Arabia'', by
Freya Stark
* ''A Time in Arabia'' (1970, new edition 2013), by Doreen Ingrams
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingrams, Harold
1897 births
1973 deaths
British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
British colonial governors and administrators in Asia
British Mauritius people
People from the Aden Protectorate
Gold Coast (British colony) people
Sultanate of Zanzibar people