Bernard Henry Bourdillon
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His Excellency Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon GCMG KBE |
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Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon by Bassano. 3 October 1932.
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| Governor of Nigeria | |
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In office 1 November 1935 – 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Donald Charles Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Richards |
| Governor of Uganda | |
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In office 1932–1935 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Frederick Gowers |
| Succeeded by | Sir Philip Euen Mitchell |
| Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 11 February 1931 – 11 April 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Herbert Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Graeme Thomson |
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| Born | 3 December 1883 Emu Bay, Tasmania |
| Died |
6 February 1948 (aged 64) St Saviour, Jersey |
| Citizenship | British |
Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon GCMG KBE (1883–1948) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Uganda (1932–1935) and of Nigeria (1935–1943).
Bourdillon was born on 3 December 1883 at Emu Bay, Tasmania (now Burnie). He grew up in England and South Africa, and was educated at Tonbridge School in Tonbridge, Kent. He attended St John's College, Oxford, graduating in 1906. In 1908 he entered the Indian Civil Service. He married Violet Grace Billinghurst in November 1909. In 1935 Violet was described as "the perfect Governor's wife".
In 1913 Bourdillon was appointed Under-Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces. In 1915 he was made Registrar of the High Court of Allahabad. While in India he earned a reputation as a linguist. During the First World War, Bourdillon joined the army as a temporary Second Lieutenant in 1917, and was posted to Iraq in 1918. He rose to the rank of Major, and during the Iraq insurrection of 1919 he was mentioned in despatches. Bourdillon left the army in 1919 to join the Iraq civil administration, and was appointed Political Secretary to the High Commissioner of Iraq in 1921. From 1924 to 1929 he was Counsellor. Between 1925 and 1926 he was High Commissioner with Plenipotentiary Powers in the negotiations over the 1926 Anglo-Iraq treaty.
Bourdillon transferred to the Colonial Civil Service in 1929 to take the post of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, serving in this role until 1932 and twice acting as Governor of Ceylon. Whilst in Ceylon he served as President of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1931.
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