Stewart Symes
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| Sir George Stewart Symes GCB, GCMG, DSO | |
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| Stewart Symes by Bassano. 12 July 1938 | |
| Governor of Tanganyika | |
| In office 1931–1834 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Charles Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Harold MacMichael |
| Governor-General of Sudan | |
| In office 1934–1940 | |
| Preceded by | John Maffey |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Jervoise Huddleston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 |
| Died | 1962 |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Stewart Symes GCB, GCMG, DSO (1882–1962) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.[1]
Symes served in the South African War in 1902 and in the Aden Hinterland, 1903-1904. He is said to have been the only British army officer to be awarded a DSO for services in the hinterland.[2]
He was Governor of the Palestine North District from 1920 to 1925, Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine from 1925 to 1928, Governor of Tanganyika from 1931 to 1933 and Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1934 to 1940.[3]
References
- ↑ Robertson. J.W. (September 2004). "Symes, Sir (George) Stewart (1882–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ Lieutenant Colonel Sir (George) Stewart Symes
- ↑ Long, Charles William Richard (2004). British Pro-consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929: The Challenge of Nationalism. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 0-415-35033-6.
External links
- The Malvern Register, 1905
- The Anglo Boer War : Symes, G.S.
- The Peerage : George Symes
- Aden Airways : George Symes
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