| 词条 | George Beresford-Stooke |
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|name = George Beresford-Stooke |image = |caption = |birth_name = George Beresford Stooke |birth_date = {{birth date|1897|1|3|df=yes}} |birth_place = Priors Marston, Warwickshire, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1983|4|7|1897|1|3|df=yes}} |death_place = Somerset, England |other_names = |known_for = Governor of Sierra Leone |occupation = Colonial civil servant |nationality = United Kingdom }}Sir George Beresford-Stooke {{post-nominals|KCMG}} (3 January 1897 – 7 April 1983) – always known as "Toby" - was Chief Secretary to Northern Rhodesia,[1] and later was appointed Governor of Sierra Leone from September, 1947 until December 1952.[2][3] Beresford-Stooke was born on 3 January 1897 in Priors Marston, Warwickshire. On 15 January 1914 (just after his 17th birthday) he enrolled in the Royal Navy, with the rank of Paymaster Lieutenant.[4] After the end of the First World War, he joined her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), serving in Sarawak, Kenya, Mauritius, Zanzibar, and as Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia and then of Nigeria.[5] He married Creenagh Richards. While Governor of Sierra Leone, he was also Chief Scout of that country.[5] In 1951, Sir George revised the Constitution of Sierra Leone[6] [7][8] In 1954 Sir George was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.[9] His portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery[10]They retired to East Molesey, Surrey, and Sir George became Second Crown Agent for the Colonies.[11] He served as Treasurer to the International African Institute, 1955–1965, and as Vice-Chairman, 1957–1974.[12] In 1954, after six months as Assistant, Sir George, having been a Scout for many years, was appointed Overseas Commissioner for the Boy Scout Association[5] In 1959, Sir George was part of a team to investigate the detention camps in Kenya/[13] Sir George was a Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod, 1959–1972. They later moved to Hillfarance, West of Taunton, Somerset, and he died on 7 April 1983. See also{{portal|Sierra Leone|Africa|Commonwealth realms}}
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Carey Jones|first=N. S.|title=The Pattern of a Dependent Economy|year=|publisher=Cambridge University press|isbn=978-0-521-24201-1|page=7|date=10 June 2011}} {{s-start}}{{s-court}}{{s-bef | before=Sir Alan Hotham}}{{s-ttl | title=Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod | years=1959–1972}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Anthony Abell}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Beresford Stooke, George}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sierra_Leone.html|title=Sierra Leone|first=Ben|last=Cahoon|publisher=}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Sunderland|first=David|title=Managing British Colonial and Post-Colonial Development: The Crown Agents, 1914–1974|year=|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=978-1-84383-301-7|page=3|date=21 June 2007}} 4. ^http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/D8128943?descriptiontype=Full&ref=ADM+196/174/105 5. ^1 2 http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/dumpextras/othermags/The%20Scouter%20(U.K.%20Monthly)/The%20Scouter%20-%201954/02%20-%20February.pdf 6. ^{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/712284/Explaining_Womens_Roles_in_the_West_African_Tragic_Triplet_Sierra_Leone_Liberia_and_Cote_dIvoire_in_Comparative_Perspective|last=Badmus |first=IA|hdl=1959.11/5058|title=Explaining Women's Roles in the West African Tragic Triplet: Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d'Ivoire in Comparative Perspective|journal=Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences|volume= 1|issue=3 |pages= 808–839 |year=2009 |issn=1944-1088 }} 7. ^http://www.historyrocket.com/World-History/history-of-africa/sierra-leone-history/Brief-History-Of-Sierra-Leone.html – but they have the date as 1961, which is wrong. 8. ^http://www.joomag.com/magazine/calabash-issue-9-african-calabash-issue-2/0192291001397247608?page=6 This, too has the date wrong, as 1961, for by then he had been out of office for nine years. 9. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39433/supplement/137/data.pdf 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw246326/Group-including-Sir-George-Beresford-Stooke-John-Llewellin-Baron-Llewellin-Frederick-Erroll-Baron-Erroll-James-Callaghan|title=Group including Sir George Beresford-Stooke; John Llewellin, Baron Llewellin; Frederick Erroll, Baron Erroll; James Callaghan – National Portrait Gallery|publisher=}} 11. ^{{cite journal|jstor=718727|title=Sierra Leone To-Day|first=George|last=Beresford-Stooke|date=1 January 1954|publisher=|journal=African Affairs|volume=53|issue=210|pages=56–65|via=|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094189}} 12. ^{{Cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0001972000095577|title=Sir George Beresford-Stooke: A Personal Tribute|journal=Africa|volume=54|issue=2|pages=91|year=2011}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1959/may/07/kenya-detention-camps|title=KENYA DETENTION CAMPS (Hansard, 7 May 1959)|publisher=}} 11 : 1897 births|1952 deaths|Governors of Sierra Leone|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|Royal Navy officers|Royal Navy officers of World War I|Chief Secretaries of Northern Rhodesia|Chief Secretaries of Nigeria|People from Warwickshire|People from Molesey|People from Somerset |
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