Frederick Crawford (colonial administrator)
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Sir Frederick Crawford (1906-1978), was a British colonial administrator.
He was Govenor of the Seychelles between 1951 and 1953. [1] He was Deputy Govenor of Kenya from 1953 to 1957 during the Mau Mau uprising. He was Govenor of Uganda from 1957 to 1961.
He became a director of the Anglo-American Corporation and a resident of Rhodesia. His passport was withdrawn by the British government in 9 May 1968 while visiting London due to implicit support for the illegal Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Rhodesia. [2][3]
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| Preceded by Sir Andrew Cohen |
Governor of Uganda 1957-1961 |
Succeeded by Sir Walter Fleming Coutts |
| Preceded by Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke |
List of Governors of the Seychelles 1951-1953 |
Succeeded by Sir William Addis |
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