Edward Stubbs

Sir Edward Stubbs
GCMG FZS JP
27th Governor of British Ceylon
In office
23 December 1933 – 30 June 1937
Monarchs
Preceded byFrancis Graeme Tyrrell
(Acting governor)
Succeeded byMaxwell MacLagan Wedderburn
(Acting governor)
3rd Governor of British Cyprus
In office
29 October 1932 – 8 November 1933
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded bySir Ronald Storrs
Succeeded bySir Herbert Richmond Palmer
Governor of Jamaica
In office
26 April 1926 – 9 November 1932
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded bySir Samuel Herbert Wilson
Succeeded bySir Alexander Ransford Slater
16th Governor of Hong Kong
In office
30 September 1919 – 1 November 1925
MonarchGeorge V
Colonial SecretarySir Claud Severn
Preceded byFrancis Henry May
Succeeded byCecil Clementi
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office
24 March 1918 – 10 September 1918
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byJohn Anderson
Succeeded byWilliam Manning
In office
4 December 1915 – 15 April 1916
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byRobert Chalmers
Succeeded byJohn Anderson
In office
24 January 1913 – 18 October 1913
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byHenry Edward McCallum
Succeeded byRobert Chalmers
Personal details
Born(1876-10-13)13 October 1876
Died7 December 1947(1947-12-07) (aged 71)
SpouseMarjory Stubbs
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
ProfessionColonial administrator
Chinese name
Chinese司徒拔
Transcriptions
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Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG FZS JP (Chinese: 司徒拔; 13 October 1876 – 7 December 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of four British territories during his career, including Hong Kong and Ceylon.

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