Sir Frank Morrish Baddeley, (30 November 1874 – 18 April 1966) was a British colonial administrator.

Life

Educated at the Liverpool Institute and

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, Baddeley joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1897, rising to the rank of Under Secretary of the

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. He became Chief Secretary to the Government of Nigeria in 1924. He was acting

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in 1925, 1927, and in 1928–1929. He represented Nigeria at the 1930 Colonial Office Conference. He was appointed

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

in 1925,

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in 1928, and appointed

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in 1930.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baddeley, Frank Chief Secretaries of Nigeria 1966 deaths 1874 births Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire British Governors and Governors-General of Nigeria British expatriates in British Nigeria British people in British Malaya Malayan Civil Service officers Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge