Robert Drayton

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Drayton, Robert Harry (1934). The Laws of Palestine : in force on the 31st day of December 1933. Jerusalem: Waterlow and Sons.
  • Drayton, Robert Harry, ed. (1950). The Statutes: From the Twentieth Year of King Henry the Third to the [tenth Chapter of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Years of King George the Sixth] A.D. 1235-[1948]. Vol. 6. London: H.M. Stationery Office.
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    References

    1. "Sir Robert Harry Drayton (1892-1963), Legal Officer". npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    2. "The Ceylon Government Gazette" (PDF). National Library Service. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    3. "Lieutenant Robert Harry Drayton. Machine Gun Corps". nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    4. Colonial Office, Great Britain (1935). Tanganyika Under United Kingdom Administration. p. 15. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    Sir Robert Harry Drayton
    CMG
    Chief Secretary of Ceylon
    In office
    1942–1946