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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Chaplin
Forenames	Francis Drummond Percy
Title	Sir
Epithet	Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
Dates	1866-1933
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	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.
Relationships	Son of Major Percy Chaplin; in 1895 he married Margaret Seaton, daughter of Mr. W. Seaton Smith
Key Events	Born in Twickenham, London, 10 Aug 1866; died at Noordhoek near Cape Town, 6 Nov 1933
Source	Wikipedia, including obituary from The Times
Authorised Form of Name	Chaplin; Francis Drummond Percy (1866-1933); Sir; Administrator of Southern Rhodesia

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