Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby NPG x150081

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Educated at Rugby School, Maffey entered the Indian Civil Service in 1899. There his career took him to the North West Frontier Province where he earned the description of 'a sort of honorary Pathan'. He became Chief Commissioner of the Province in 1921, but he resigned three years later when his advice against military occupation was ignored. In 1926 he became Governor-General of the Sudan, followed in 1933, by appointment as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. At Churchill's request he became the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.