William Thomas George Gates

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William Thomas George Gates CBE, 21 January 1908 - 23 November 1990 was a banker and expert on Africa.

Education: Ilford County High School, University of London.

[edit] Career

He began work with the National Bank of New Zealand at their London office, 1925-30.

He then moved to John Holt & Co. (Liverpool) Ltd, where he worked until his retirement in 1967. He was resident in Nigeria, 1930-46 and their General Manager there from 1940. He became their Managing Director in 1956 and their Deputy Chairman in 1964. He was also a director of the West African Airways Corporation, 1941-6.

[edit] Other posts held

• District Scout Commissioner, Northern Nigeria, 1940-2.
• Member, Liverpool District Committee, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 1956-73
• Member, Board of Governors, United Liverpool Hospitals, 1958-70.
• Chairman, West Africa Committee (now the West Africa Business Association [1]), 1961-76.
• General Commissioner of Income Tax, 1967-73.
• Chairman, Royal African Society, 1975-77; Vice-President, 1978-87 (see Royal African Society).

He was awarded the CBE in 1967.

Keen on cricket and golf, he was a member of the MCC and the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. He was also an enthusiastic angler and gardener.