John Evelyn Shuckburgh
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh, KCMG (born 18 March 1877 in Eton, died 8 February 1953 in London), was a British colonial administrator.
Biography
Shuckburgh was the eldest son of the academic
Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, was born in 1909 in London.[1]
As a member of the British Colonial Service, Shuckburgh was active in India, and in Palestine.[2] He was a Dickens enthusiast and was asked by Oxford University Press to write the foreword to A Tale of Two Cities, one of Dickens' finest books.
Governor of Nigeria
On 1 July 1940, John Evelyn Shuckburgh was appointed interim Governor of
Alan Burns. His tenure, as well as that of his successor, was characterised as unremarkable.[3]
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36081. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Mr. Parkinson Replaces Sir John Shuckburgh As Head of Eastern Department of Colonial Office". 13 June 2018.
- S2CID 161893651.
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