Bernard Henry Bourdillon

Sir Bernard Bourdillon (1932)

Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon GCMG KBE (born December 3, 1883 in Tasmania , † February 16, 1948 in Jersey ) was a British colonial governor and officer.

biography

Bourdillon grew up in England and South Africa and completed school in 1906 at St John's College , Oxford. In 1908 he began his career in the Indian Civil Service . A year later he married Violet Grace, née Billinghurst, with whom he later had three sons.

After various posts in India, he joined the military in 1917 in the temporary rank of second lieutenant . He served as an officer, most recently in 1919 with the rank of major , and then in civil administration in Iraq . There he was political secretary in 1921 when High Commissioner and 1924-1929 Counselor . He also served as high commissioner from 1925 to 1926 and was plenipotentiary in the negotiations for the Anglo-Iraqi treaty of 1926.

He was then colonial secretary in Ceylon from 1929 to 1932 and served as governor of the colony from February 11 to April 11, 1931 during his tenure. This was followed by a transfer to Uganda , where he was governor and commander-in-chief from November 23, 1932 to October 17, 1935 . He then served in the same capacity in Nigeria from November 1, 1935 to July 1, 1940. After 1935, he continued to work in Nigeria until his retirement in 1943. During his time in Nigeria, a friendly relationship developed with De Gaulle .

After his retirement he was a member of the Colonial Economic and Development Council, was treasurer and later chairman of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association (LEPRA), as well as in leading positions at Barclays .

He has been named Companion , Knight Commander and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire . He was also Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John and Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.

Publications

• The Future Of The Colonial Empire , 1945

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://rulers.org/ruls3.html
2. ↑ http://rulers.org/rulu.html
3. ↑ http://rulers.org/ruln2.html
4. ↑ Guinée, Maroc: Témoignage N ° 1: Contribution d'un Bourdillon anglais au ralliement de l'AEF à la France Libre (French; MS Word ; 81 kB), in Les colonies théâtre de la 2 e guerre mondiale. Les indépendances .
5. ^ Administrative / Biographical History (English), Bodleian Librar <, University of Oxford.

predecessor	Office	successor
William Frederick Gowers	Governor of Uganda 1932–1935	Philip Mitchell
Donald Charles Cameron	Governor of Nigeria 1935–1940	John Evelyn Shuckburgh