Francis Chaplin

Sir
Francis Chaplin
5th Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
In office
1 November 1914  1 September 1923
Monarch George V
Preceded by William Milton
Succeeded by Charles Coghlan
Personal details
Born (1866-08-10)10 August 1866
Twickenham, London, United Kingdom
Died 16 November 1933(1933-11-16) (aged 67)

Sir Francis Percy Drummond Chaplin (10 August 1866 – 16 November 1933) served as administrator for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923.[1][2] He succeeded William Milton.[3]

Chaplin, born in Twickenham in London, United Kingdom, attended Harrow College, Oxford University.[3]

References

  1. Laura E. Nym Mayhall, Ian Christopher Fletcher and Philippa Levine. Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation, and Race, 2000. Page 182.
  2. Peter Duignan and Lewis Henry Gann. The Rulers of German Africa, 1884-1914, 1977. Page 137.
  3. 1 2 Rosenthal, Eric. Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, 1967. Page 105.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Milton
Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
1914-1923
Succeeded by
Charles Coghlan
Premier


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