Robert Coryndon
Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon | |
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Robert Coryndon, Nairobi, 1923, with Palmer Kerrison (left) and E.A.T. Dutton (right) | |
| Governor of Kenya | |
| In office 1922 – 10 February 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Northey |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Grigg |
| Governor of Uganda | |
| In office 1918–1922 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Geoffrey Archer |
| Resident Commissioner in Basutoland | |
| In office 1916–1917 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Herbert Sloley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Garraway |
| Resident Commissioner in Swaziland | |
| In office 1907–1916 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Enraght-Moony |
| Succeeded by | de Symons Honey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1870 Cape Colony |
| Died | 10 February 1925 (aged 54) Nairobi |
Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, KCMG (2 April 1870 – 10 February 1925) was a British colonial administrator, a former secretary of Cecil Rhodes who became Governor of the colonies of Uganda (1918–1922) and Kenya (1922–1925). He was one of the most powerful of colonial administrators of his day.