Wyndham Deedes
| Sir Wyndham Deedes | |
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Deedes in 1920
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| Birth name | Wyndham Henry Deedes |
| Born |
10 March 1883 Kent, England |
| Died | 2 September 1956 (aged 73) Kent, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1901-1923 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
| Relations | William Deedes |
| Other work |
Councillor Social worker |
Brigadier General Sir Wyndham Henry Deedes,CMG, DSO(10 March 1883 – 2 September 1956) was a British Army officer and civil administrator. He was the Chief Secretary to the British High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine.
Deedes was born on 10 March 1883 in Kent, England. He was the youngest son of East Kent gentry, Colonel Herbert George Deedes and Rose Elinor Barrow, whose family had owned the land between Hythe and Ashford for four centuries.
He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public boarding school in Eton, Berkshire.
On 4 February 1901, Deedes was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps as a second lieutenant. He was posted to South Africa where he fought in the Second Boer War. On 22 January 1906, Deedes was promoted to lieutenant and seconded to the Colonial Office. During this time he learned Turkish. By 1910 he had enough of a command of the language to satisfy a posting to Constantinople. On 8 May 1910, Deedes was seconded for service under the Foreign Office.
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