Archibald Carter
{{Short description|British civil servant (1887–1958)}}
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Sir Richard Henry Archibald Carter, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG|KCB|KCIE}} (31 March 1887{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page= 2738|ref=Burke }} – 10 November 1958) was a British civil servant.
Family and education
Carter was born in Brompton, London, the eldest son of Col. Alfred Henry Carter {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} and his wife, Katherine Matilda Tylden.1911 England Census He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a member of the United University Club. He was married in 1923 to the only daughter of W. E. Painter; they had no children."Carter, Sir (Richard Henry) Archibald" in Who Was Who 1951–1960, p. 189.
Career
Carter was private secretary to the Secretary of State for India (Lord Birkenhead) from 1924 to 1927, assistant secretary to the Indian Statutory Commission from 1927 to 1930, Secretary-General of the Round Table Conference from 1930 to 1931, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India in 1936, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty from 1936 to 1940, chairman of the Eastern Group Supply Council, Delhi from 1941 to 1942, chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1942 to 1947, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India in 1947, Joint Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in 1948 and chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission from 1949 to 1953.
Honours and death
Carter was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1930, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1935, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1938 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1949. He died on 19 November 1958.
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Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Category:Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India
Category:Permanent Secretaries to the Admiralty
Category:Chairpersons of the Board of HM Customs and Excise
Category:Civil servants in the Commonwealth Relations Office
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