Gilbert Clayton

Sir Gilbert Clayton
Sir Gilbert Clayton in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1922.
Born	(1875-04-06)April 6, 1875
Died	11 September 1929(1929-09-11) (aged 54)
Occupation(s)	British Army intelligence officer and colonial administrator

Brigadier-General Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton KCMG KBE CB (6 April 1875 – 11 September 1929) was a British Army intelligence officer and colonial administrator, who worked in several countries in the Middle East in the early 20th century. In Egypt, during World War I as an intelligence officer, he supervised those who worked to start the Arab Revolt. In Palestine, Arabia and Mesopotamia, in the 1920s as a colonial administrator, he helped negotiate the borders of the countries that later became Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.