Drummond Chaplin

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Sir Drummond Chaplin
File:Drummond Chaplin in 1923.jpg
Chaplin in 1923
5th Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
In office
1 November 1914 – 1 September 1923
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byWilliam Milton
Succeeded byCharles Coghlan
Personal details
Born(1866-08-10)10 August 1866
Twickenham, London, United Kingdom
Died16 November 1933(1933-11-16) (aged 67)

Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin (10 August 1866 – 16 November 1933) served as administrator for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923.[1][2] He succeeded William Milton.[3] Chaplin, born in Twickenham in London, United Kingdom, attended Harrow School, and University College, University of Oxford.[3][4]

References

  1. Laura E. Nym Mayhall, Ian Christopher Fletcher and Philippa Levine. Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation, and Race, 2000. Page 182.
  2. Peter Duignan and Lewis Henry Gann. The Rulers of German Africa, 1884–1914, 1977. Page 137.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rosenthal, Eric. Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, 1967. Page 105.
  4. Graham, George H. "Obituary of Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin". www.ghgraham.org. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
1914–1923
Succeeded by