Glyn Smallwood Jones
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Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones GCMG MBE |
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| 1st Governor-General of Malawi | |
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In office 1964–1966 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 11th Governor of Nyasaland | |
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In office 1961–1964 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Perceval Armitage |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born | 9 January 1908 |
| Died | 10 June 1992 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones GCMG MBE (9 January 1908 – 10 June 1992), was a British colonial administrator in Southern Africa. He was the last governor of Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1961 until it achieved independence in 1964. He served as the only governor-general of Malawi from 1964 until it became a republic in 1966. In 1964, he was appointed a GCMG.
Glyn Smallwood Jones was born in Chester, in England, on 9 January 1908 and baptised in the Calvinist Methodist Church. He attended a council-run elementary school in Chester and, from 1919–1927, The King's School, Chester, where in 1926 he became Head Boy and Captain of School. He was later admitted as a non-collegiate student to St Catherine’s Society (later St Catherine's College), Oxford, and played soccer for the university in 1928-1931 as well as being stroke of the St Catherine’s 2nd VIII. After graduating in 1930, he was accepted for posting to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) as an Administrative Officer Cadet to the Colonial Service conditional upon successfully completing the Tropical Africa Services course at Oxford, which he did in 1931.
In June 1931, Jones's appointment was confirmed and he sailed for Cape Town on 9 July 1931, on the Edinburgh Castle. He spent his first eight months in Northern Rhodesia under canvas, based in the Zambezi valley. In February 1932, he was posted to Mwinilunga in the north west of the country, where he was based for the next 2 ½ years. During this time he sat and passed the Chinyanja exam. After his mandatory leave in 1934, he was posted to Luanshya on the Copperbelt, during a period of disturbances among the native mineworkers there. In 1936-1937 he played on the Northern Rhodesia national soccer team.
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