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John Chancellor (colonial administrator)

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in 1931. Christopher and Sylvia had four children: John Paget Chancellor, Teresa Chancellor (Married Peter Gatacre then John Wells), Susanna Maria Chancellor (married Nicholas Johnston) and
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he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG). He was appointed a Knight of Justice in the
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Despite Mugabe's hatred of British colonialism, the road he lives in is still named after my grandfather
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Evyatar Friesel (1993). "Through a Peculiar Lens: Zionism and Palestine in British Diaries, 1927-31".
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In 1903, Chancellor married Mary Elizabeth Howard (1881–1976), daughter of George Rodie Thompson,
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was renamed Chancellor Avenue in his honour. The street reverted to its original name after the
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After a career in the Royal Engineers he became a colonial administrator serving as the 20th
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Burke's Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition, vol. I, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, p. 130
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as part of the Sirmoor Imperial Service Snappers. For his service in India he was
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Knight Grand Cross in the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire
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broke out in Jerusalem stemming from Muslims protesting Jews' use of the
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Chancellor was the younger son of Edward Chancellor, of Woodhall House,
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Chancellor installed as High Commissioner, 6 December 1928.
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Chancellor Avenue in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, now
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on 20 May 1901, and later served as Secretary of the
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Index

John Chancellor (British administrator)
Lieutenant-Colonel
GCMG
GCVO
GBE
DSO

Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Shieldhill Castle
Lanarkshire
British
British Army
Lieutenant Colonel
Corps of Royal Engineers
Distinguished Service Order
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
GBE
Lieutenant-Colonel
GCMG
GCVO
GBE
DSO
colonial
Juniper Green
Midlothian
WS
Quothquan
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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