Sir Archibald Rowlands GCB MBE (26 December 1892 – 18 August 1953) was a British civil servant.
[1] He then studied at Jesus College, Oxford, with his university career being interrupted for three years during the First World War, during which he saw action as a captain in the Army Cyclist Corps; he was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Military MBE.
[2] He left the Ministry of Aircraft Production when Wilfrid Freeman conditioned his return on an equal or higher status to the permanent secretary,[3] and his work was followed in 1943 by a return to India as adviser to the Viceroy on war administration, supervising various British government branches that had been moved to India during the war.
However, he stayed about a year in this position before being seconded as a special advisor to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Governor-General of Pakistan.
Industry and energy he had in abundance, yet these would have availed him little if there had not been a touch of genius in a mind at once penetrating and kindly – a rare combination.