Henry Gascoyne Maurice (24 May 1874,

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– 12 May 1950) was President of the

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1920–1938 and President of the

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1942–1948. He also headed the Fisheries Department of the

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from 1912 and was Fisheries Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1920 until his retirement in 1938, after which he served on the White Fish Commission from its inception in 1938 until its suspension on the outbreak of war in September 1939.

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* * 1874 births 1950 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Presidents of the Zoological Society of London People from Marlborough, Wiltshire Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Recipients of the Order of Leopold II British civil servants {{UK-mil-bio-stub