Anthony Elkins
Sir Anthony Joseph Elkins CBE (1904–1978)[1][2] was a British corporate executive. Educated at Haileybury College, Elkins arrived in India in 1924, at the age of 20. He rose to become chairman of Gillanders Arbuthnot and Co and its successor, the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Co,[2] chairman of the Indian Copper Corporation (later nationalised and merged into Hindustan Copper),[3] director of the Imperial Bank of India,[4] president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry,[5] president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM),[6] and president of the Bengal Club.[4] In 1950, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. invited Elkins to serve as the only British advisor to the First Five Year-Plan.[4] Elkins later returned to Britain, serving as vice chairman of the Army & Navy Stores and chairman of Bryant and May and the British Match Co.[2] Elkins received a CBE for his services during the Second World War, where was appointed as Controller of Supplies in Bengal, and was knighted in 1952.[2] He retired to Perth, Australia, in the 1970s.[4]
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- ^ "Descendants of William Elkins". green.gen.name. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Anthony Elkins". The Times. London. 2 November 1978. p. 19 – via The Internet Archive.
- "Eighth Generation: Sir Anthony Elkins". John Green's Family Data.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Indian Copper Corporation Limited". The Times of India. Bombay. 26 November 1953. p. 5 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c d Westrip, Joyce P.; Holroyde, Peggy (2010). Colonial Cousins: A Surprising History of Connections Between India and Australia. Wakefield Press. ISBN 978-1-86254-841-1.
- ^ "THE BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY". bengalchamber.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ Ghatak, Aditi Roy (1995). Partnership for Progress: The ASSOCHAM Story, 1920-1995. Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India. pp. 71, 82, 286.