Sir Eric Gustav Machtig, GCMG, OBE (1889 - 24 July 1973) was a British civil servant. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he entered the civil service as an official in the Colonial Office in 1912; he moved to the Dominions Office in 1930 and he was appointed Permanent Secretary in May 1940; when the office merged with the India and Burma Offices to form the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1947, he became joint Permanent Secretary of the CRO (jointly with Sir Archibald Carter), serving until the end of 1948. Retiring from the civil service in 1949, he became a director of a number of trusts, charities and financial organisations. Both of Machtig's parents were German-born.
References
- "Sir Eric Machtig", The Times (London), 25 July 1973, p. 18. Gale CS304576761.
- ^ Lorna Lloyd, "Machtig, Sir Eric Gustav Siegfried", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2008). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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| Preceded bySir Edward John Harding | Permanent Secretary of the Dominions Office (acting) 1939–1940 |
Succeeded bySir Cosmo Parkinson |
| Preceded bySir Cosmo Parkinson | Permanent Secretary of the Dominions Office 1940–1947 |
Succeeded byhimself and Sir Archibald Carter as Permanent Secretaries, Commonwealth Relations Office |
| Preceded byhimselfas Permanent Secretary, Dominions Office | Permanent Secretary of the Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1948 With: Sir Archibald Carter |
Succeeded bySir Archibald Carter |
| Preceded bySir Archibald Carteras Permanent Secretary, Burma Office and India Office | ||