Percy Wyn-Harris
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Sir Percy Wyn-Harris KCMG MBE KStJ (24 August 1903 – 25 February 1979) was an English mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yachtsman. He worked in the Colonial Service in Africa and served as Governor of the Gambia from 1949 to 1958.
Quick Facts Administrator of the Northern Cameroons, Monarch ...
Sir Percy Wyn-Harris | |
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Administrator of the Northern Cameroons | |
In office October 1960 – 1 June 1961 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Governor of the Gambia | |
In office 1 December 1949 – 19 June 1958 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Andrew Barkworth Wright |
Succeeded by | Edward Henry Windley |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 August 1903 Acton, Middlesex, England |
Died | 25 February 1979(1979-02-25) (aged 75) Petersfield, Hampshire, England |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
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