Sir Eubule John Waddington, (9 April 1890 – 18 January 1957) was an English colonial administrator. He served as

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

from 1938 to 1941, and

Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...

from to 1941 to 1947. After leaving the

Colonial Service The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British government service that administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the aut ...

, he was Chairman of the

International African Institute The International African Institute (IAI) was founded (as the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures - IIALC) in 1926 in London for the study of African languages. Frederick Lugard was the first chairman (1926 to his death in 194 ...

from 1949 until his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waddington, John 1890 births 1957 deaths Governors of Barbados Governors of Northern Rhodesia Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Alumni of Merton College, Oxford