Sir Douglas James Jardine (13 October 1888 – 11 December 1946) was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of

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and the

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during his career.

Biography

Douglas was educated at

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and at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

, taking his BA Hons. in

Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

in 1910. Immediately after graduating, he joined the colonial service and was posted as assistant secretary to the government of Cyprus from 1910–16. In 1916, he became Secretary to Administration in

British Somaliland British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate ( so, Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British Empire, British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Soma ...

, a position he held until 1921. During this posting, he accompanied the British Mission to the Coronation of Empress Zauditu of Abyssinia in 1917 and was awarded the OBE in 1918. In 1920, he was appointed Officer in Charge H.Q. Services, Somaliland Expeditionary Force. Three years later, he published ''The Mad Mullah of Somaliland'', his book on

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's rebel leader-emir

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Sayid Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan ( so, Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; 1856–1920) was a Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement, which led a two-decade long confrontation with various colonial empires including the British, ...

, the so-called "Mad Mullah" who led an armed resistance against British, Italian, and Ethiopian forces in Somalia. In 1921, Douglas became Senior Assistant Secretary,

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n Secretariat, a post he held until 1927. In 1927, he was posted to

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, beginning an eight-year association with the country. He was Deputy Chief Secretary, Tanganyika from 1927–28; Chief Secretary to Government, Tanganyika, 1928–34; and acting Governor, Tanganyika, in 1929, 1931, 1933 and 1934. In 1929, 1930 and 1931, Douglas was also the accredited representative of H.M. Government to the Permanent Mandates Commission at

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. He was appointed CMG in 1932. In 1934, he was appointed

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and Commander-in-Chief,

North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...

, a post he held until 1937. Later that year he was appointed Governor of

(1937–41). As Governor of Sierra Leone he took care to improve relations with the native population. Nineteen British missionaries were asked to leave

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by the administration of Prime Minister

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on the grounds that the missionaries were "subversive" for encouraging native Africans to take part in political activities. All nineteen of the missionaries had what the South African government declared "a pro-African bias" and were "native sympathizers." Jardine personally wrote and asked all of these missionaries to work in Sierra Leone. Seventeen out of the nineteen did so, taking up work in the southern portion of the country around Bonthe and the area around Pujehun. These missionaries were not interested in proselytizing, but rather worked to distribute

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and

quinine Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to ''Plasmodium falciparum'' that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cr ...

to combat malaria as well as

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and

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to treat bacterial infections.

Honours

In 1941, he was appointed as Governor of the

from 1941–43. He was appointed KCMG in 1938. Douglas died in December 1946.

Publications

*''The Handbook of Cyprus'' 1913 and 1919. *''The Mad Mullah of Somaliland'' 1923. *''Memorandum on indirect rule and the system of administration of the natives of North Borneo'' 1935. *''If I were you'' (drama)

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References

Biographical information

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jardine, Douglas James 1888 births 1946 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Colonial Administrative Service officers Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire Governors of the Leeward Islands Governors of North Borneo Governors of Sierra Leone Governors of Tanganyika (territory) People of colonial Nigeria British expatriates in Nigeria British Leeward Islands people of World War II