Shenton Thomas

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Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, KCMG (10 October 187915 January 1962), was a British colonial administrator.

He was the Governor of Nyasaland from 1929 to 1932 and the last governor of the Straits Settlements from 1934 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1946. He was Japanese prisoner-of-war during the Japanese Occupation in World War II, (15 February 1942 - 15 August 1945).

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NAME Thomas, Shenton Whitelegge
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Viceroy
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