Entry TypePerson
SurnameChaplin
ForenamesFrancis Drummond Percy
TitleSir
EpithetAdministrator of Southern Rhodesia
Dates1866-1933
Gender IdentityMale
HistoryBorn in Twickenham, London, 10 Aug 1866; educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford, he left England in 1896 for South Africa, where he went on to enjoy a long and distnguished political career. He served for the British South Africa Company as Administrator of Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923 and of Northern Rhodesia from 1921-1923. He was made a K.C.M.G. in 1917. Died at Noordhoek near Cape Town, 6 Nov. 1933
RelationshipsSon of Major Percy Chaplin; in 1895 he married Margaret Seaton, daughter of Mr. W. Seaton Smith
SourceWikipedia, including obituary from The Times
Authorised Form of NameChaplin; Francis Drummond Percy (1866-1933); Sir; Administrator of Southern Rhodesia

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