Historical records matching Lt.-Col. Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG GCVO GBE DSO
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About Lt.-Col. Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG GCVO GBE DSO
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Sir John Robert Chancellor was born in 1870 and educated at Blair Lodge Academy, Polmont and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1890 and served in India with the Dongola (1896) and Tirah (1897-1898) expeditions before returning to England and entering the Staff College. In 1904 he was appointed Assistant Military Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence and from 1906-1911 served as Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee. Chancellor went on to serve as Governor of Mauritius (1911-1916), Governor of Trinidad and Tobago (1916-1921) and Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1923-1928) before serving as High Commissioner for Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1928-1931).
Chancellor was awarded the DSO (1898), CMG (1909), KCMG (1913), GCMG (1922), GCVO (1925) and GBE (1947). He died on the 31 July 1952 at the family estate in Shieldhill, Lanarkshire.
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Lt.-Col. Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG GCVO GBE DSO's Timeline
1870 |
October 20, 1870
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1904 |
March 29, 1904
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May 13, 1906
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Epsom, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
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1952 |
July 31, 1952
Age 81
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Shieldhill Castle, Lanarkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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Quothquan Cemetery, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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