Guy Powles
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Sir Guy Powles ONZ KBE CMG ED |
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| 1st New Zealand Chief Ombudsman | |
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In office 1962–1977 |
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| Succeeded by | George Laking |
| New Zealand High Commissioner to India | |
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In office 1960–1962 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Challis |
| Succeeded by | F.H.T. de Malmanche |
| High Commissioner of Western Samoa | |
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In office 1949–1960 |
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| Preceded by | Francis William Voelcker |
| Succeeded by | Office terminated by Samoan independence |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Guy Richardson Powles Otaki, New Zealand] 5 April 1905 |
| Died | 24 October 1994 (aged 89) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | LLB, LLD Victoria University College |
| Profession | Barrister |
Sir Guy Richardson Powles ONZ KBE CMG ED (5 April 1905 – 24 October 1994) was a New Zealand diplomat, the last Governor of Western Samoa and architect of Samoan independence, and New Zealand's first Ombudsman.
Powles was born in Otaki, north of Wellington, in 1905. Powles was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Guy Powles, a decorated military soldier who served with distinction during World War I as brigade major of New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade 1914–1916 and AA & QMG ANZAC Mounted Division 1916–1918. In 1922 he wrote the third volume of the Official History of New Zealand's Effort in the Great War, The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine, and in 1928 edited The history of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914–1919 by officers of the regiment, and later became Chief of General Staff of the New Zealand Army.
Powles earned his LLB from Victoria University of Wellington and practised as a barrister in Wellington from 1929 to 1940. During the war, Powles went on active military service, and achieved the rank of colonel, commanding the New Zealand artillery regiment in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal and New Caledonia.
Powles was a founding member of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs in 1934, along with Alister McIntosh, John Cawte Beaglehole, and William Sutch.
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