British colonial administrator and diplomat.
Born Kingston upon Thames. Joined the Colonial Service in Tanganyika as a District Officer in 1958 and become the youngest District Commissioner in Africa. Married Irene Philomena de Sousa. Also served in the New Hebrides, Hong Kong, Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat.
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Christopher John Turner CBE
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part o...
The Kensington and Chelsea Virtual Museum has a photo of the Wilsons' home in Sydney Place captioned with: "During his visits to England Hungarian composer Bela Bartok regularly stayed with Freda a...
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Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
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