John Chancellor (officer)
Sir John Robert Chancellor (born October 20, 1870 in Edinburgh , † July 31, 1952 in Shieldhill , Lanarkshire ) was a British officer and official of the colonial administration.
Life
Chancellor was a son of the officer Edward Chancellor (1828-1907) and his wife Anne Helen Todd (1843-1912).
Chancellor joined the Royal Engineers as a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich . After being stationed in Great Britain for some time, he came to Afghanistan around 1900 . After a short stay there, Chancellor was able to return to Great Britain and got a job with the Colonial Defense Committee. On June 6, 1903, he married Mary Elizabeth Howard (1881–1976) at St Marylebone Parish Church in Marylebone , with whom he had three children during the course of the marriage: Christopher (1904–1989), who later became a journalist, Elizabeth Rosemary ( * 1906), the future wife of William Elliot (1896–1971) and Robert Duff (1921–2010), the future ornithologists.
With effect from September 13, 1911, he was appointed 20th Governor of Mauritius . He held this office until 1916 and then moved to Trinidad and Tobago in the same position .
In 1921 Chancellor returned to London and worked on the Committee of Imperial Defense in 1922 and 1923 . He then took over the affairs of state of Southern Rhodesia as the first governor . He held this office until 1928 and was then - as the successor to Sir Harry Luke (1884–1969) - High Commissioner of Palestine . In 1930, it was precisely his experiences there that formed the decisive basis of Passfield's white book . The aim of this white paper was to give the Balfour Declaration new meaning.
In 1931 Chancellor left Palestine and returned to Great Britain. He still held a few offices in London, but soon retired into private life. He settled in Shieldhill and died there on July 31, 1952.
Honors
- 1898 DSO
- 1909 Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG)
- 1913 Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG), on the occasion of the 48th birthday of King George V.
- 1922 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG)
- 1925 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
- 1928 Knight of Justice des Order of Saint John (KStJ)
- In 1931, Straus Street was changed to Chancellor Avenue in his honor in Jerusalem
- 1947 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), on the occasion of the 52nd birthday of King George VI.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Named after Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859–1947)
- ↑ Named after Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930)
- ↑ a b c d Knights and Dames: BUL – COL at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ↑ Named after Nathan Straus (1848–1931)
- ↑ After the end of the Israeli-Arab war in 1948, this street was given its original name back.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chancellor, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chancellor, John Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer and official in the colonial administration |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1952 |
| Place of death | Shieldhill , Lanarkshire |