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he was persuaded that Arab population was "economically powerless against such a strong movement" and thus needed protection. Charles Anderson writes that Hope Simpson was also "wary of the gulf between Zionist rhetoric and practice, observing that 'The most lofty sentiments are ventilated in public
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on Europe's refugee problem. He continued to be involved in the Jewish/Palestine Question after World War II. He contributed to the Report to General-Assembly, in 1947, for the
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the League of Nations sent Hope Simpson to China, where he became director-general of the National Flood Relief Commission for the government of the
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Hope Simpson was in the Indian Civil Service between 1897 and 1916. He held numerous governmental posts, having been acting chief commander of the
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In 1925, Hope Simpson was knighted. Following his parliamentary defeat he assumed a number of posts for various organisations, including the
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Coming out of retirement at 66 years of age, Sir John became the Commissioner of Natural Resources and Acting-Commissioner of Justice for
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In 1937 Sir John received the Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal not so very long after his return from
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and other organs of the movement did not uphold or embody a vision of cooperation or mutual benefit with the Arabs".
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a welfare and police force meant to link the people of Newfoundland and Labrador with The
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Sir John Hope Simpson died on 10 April 1961. He left £29,764 16s to an unknown heir.
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was named after him in response to the most significant backing he had given to
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Hope Simpson ran as Liberal candidate and was elected at the
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Sir John Hope Simpson
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Liberal
Member of Parliament
United Kingdom
Dominion of Newfoundland
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Balliol College, Oxford
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1922 general election
Member of Parliament
Conservative
Taunton
Somerset
1923 general election
1924 general election
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Zionism
Jewish National Fund
League of Nations
refugees
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