Geoffrey Francis Archer

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Geoffrey Francis Archer , KCMG (born July 4, 1882 in Kensington , London , † May 1, 1964 ) was a British colonial administrator and ornithologist who was Governor General of Sudan between 1925 and 1926 .

Life

Geoffrey Francis Archer, Bradley Archer's second son, was a nephew of Frederick John Jackson , who was also a colonial administrator and governor of Uganda between 1911 and 1918 . He worked in the colonial administration, dealt with ornithology and went on expeditions to Lake Albert , the Semliki and the Ruwenzori Mountains . He also undertook land surveys in Baringo County , hunted big game and wrote reports for the Royal Geographical Society . In 1913 he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services . In May 1914 he replaced Horace Archer Byatt as Commissioner (Commissioner) of British Somaliland and remained in this post until October 1919. Subsequently, he was now in October 1919 first Governor of British Somaliland and held this office until August 17 1922, whereupon Gerald Henry Summers succeeded him there. Beaten on June 5, 1920 to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". Him for was to honor family of larks owned in 1920 by Stephenson Robert Clarke discovered Somali spur Lark (Heteromirafra archeri) named.

On August 15, 1922, Archer took over from Robert Thorne Coryndon as Governor of Uganda and worked there until his replacement by William Frederick Gowers on May 18, 1925. Most recently, after the Sudan crisis , a series of political and military conflicts between the Kingdom of Egypt , Great Britain and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , about its status as a British-Egyptian condominium , which had existed since 1899 , on January 5, 1925, Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack as governor-general of the Sudan from. He held this office until October 31, 1926, when John Loader Maffey succeeded him there.

Geoffrey Francis Archer had been married to Olive Mary Godman, daughter of Colonel Charles Bulkeley Godman, since 1916.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ British Somaliland: Commissioners
  2. ^ British Somaliland: Governors
  3. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats , p. 1174
  4. ↑ Knights and Dames (leighrayment.com)
  5. ^ Uganda: Governors
  6. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats , p. 1221
  7. ↑ Wasey Sterry was Acting Governor General of Sudan between November 21, 1924 and January 5, 1925.
  8. ^ The Sudan: Governors-General
  9. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats , p. 1217
personal data
SURNAME Archer, Geoffrey Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Kensington , London
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1964