G. H. Mair

George Herbert Mair CMG (1886–2 January 1926) was a British journalist and civil servant.

Mair was the son of a Royal Navy surgeon. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, Christ Church, Oxford, from which he graduated, and the Sorbonne. In 1909 he got a job as leader writer, drama critic and special correspondent on the "Manchester Guardian", and was later appointed political correspondent. He then became assistant editor of the "Daily Chronicle".

On the outbreak of the First World War, Mair attempted to join the armed forces, but was decreed medically unfit and instead joined the Foreign Office, becoming head of the Department of Information. When the Ministry of Information was formed, he became Assistant Secretary. He attended the Versailles Conference as Director of the Press Section of the British Delegation, and for this work he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours. [LondonGazette |issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |startpage=5 |supp=yes]

He was appointed Assistant Director of the League of Nations Secretariat in Geneva, and then returned to London as head of the League of Nations office in that city. He later returned to journalism as drama critic for the "Evening Standard".

Mair married the Irish actress Maire O'Neill (1885–1952) in 1911. He died in 1926 at the age of 39.

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References

*Obituary, "The Times", 4 January 1926

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