George Paish

Sir George Paish
Portrait of Sir George Paish (c. 1914)
Born(1867-11-07)7 November 1867
Horsham, Sussex, England
Died1 May 1957(1957-05-01) (aged 89)
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Journalist and Economist

Sir George Paish (7 November 1867 – 1 May 1957)[1][2] was a British liberal economist of international renown,[3] author of The Defeat of Chaos (1941), as well as Railways in Great Britain (1904), and co-author of Road To Prosperity in 1927.[4] He advocated the free market prior to the First World War,[5] and was at one point advisor to the head of the British Treasury.[6] He also served for a time as co-president of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society.[7]

He was the assistant editor of The Statist magazine from 1894 to 1900[8] and later became the editor.[9]

Family

Paish was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 7 November 1867, the son of Robert and Jane Paish; his father was a coachman. He married Emily Mary Whitehead on 24 March 1894, and they had five sons.[1] One of the sons was Frank Walter Paish, also an economist.[5] His wife died in 1933, and Paish married again on 30 September 1936 to Anita Carolyn Rouse.[1] Paish died on 1 May 1957 in a nursing home at Wexham in Buckinghamshire.[1]

Politics

He was active for the Liberal Party and stood three times for them as a parliamentary candidate, in 1922 and 1935. In June 1936, he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.[10]

Honours and awards

On 1 July 1912 Paish was conferred the honour of a Knighthood in the King's birthday honours.[11]

Books

Paish was the author of the following books:[4]

  • British Railway Position (1902)
  • Railways of Great Britain (1904)
  • Railways of the United States (1913)
  • Capital Investments in Other Lands (1909 and 1910)
  • Saving and Social Welfare (1911)
  • The Economics of Reparation (1921)
  • The Road to Prosperity (1927)
  • World Economic Suicide (1929)
  • The Way to Recovery (1931)
  • The Way Out (1937)
  • The World Danger (1939)
  • The Defeat of Chaos (1941)
  • World Restoration (1944)
  • Sound Currency (1946)
  • The Future of the £ (1948)
  • The World of Danger (1949)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Roger Middleton, ‘Paish, Sir George (1867–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 16 Aug 2010 (subscription needed)
  2. ^ "openlibrary.org". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  3. ^ (By E. Vivian Hall .) (2 October 1933). "www.nzetc.org". www.nzetc.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Sir George Paish - A Distinguished Economist". Obituaries. The Times. No. 53831. London. 3 May 1957. col C, p. 15.
  5. ^ a b "www.arthurseldon.org". www.arthurseldon.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  6. ^ "www.chalre.com". www.chalre.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. ^ "www.anglo-ethiopian.org". www.anglo-ethiopian.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  8. ^ "www.probertencyclopaedia.com". www.probertencyclopaedia.com. 28 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  9. ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (2 March 2011). "New York Times". Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  10. ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1936
  11. ^ "Birthday Honours". Official Appointments and Notices. The Times. No. 39925. London. 14 June 1912. col G, p. 9.