Guy George Stanley Wodeman (16 July 1886 - 5 May 1970) was a British civil servant, who served as the

Chief Secretary of Ceylon The Chief Secretary of Ceylon, was the Chairman and one of three officers of state of the Board of Ministers of the State Council of Ceylon from 1932 to 1947. The post succeeded that of ''Colonial Secretary'' which was one of six offices that hel ...

between 1940 and 1942. Guy George Stanley Wodeman was born 16 July 1886 in

Stockton, Durham Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimate ...

, England, the son of Henry Wodeman (1843 - 1932), rector of St. Peter's Church in Stockton, and Edith Charlotte Ellen née West (1850 - c.1916). He was the youngest of five boys, Henry Charles Thomas (b.1874), Bertram Howard (b.1875), Arthur Cleveland (b.1877) and Cyril Herbert (b.1881). He went to school at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge with a Master of Arts. Wodeman joined the

Ceylon Civil Service The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and in the immediate post-independence period. Established in 1833, it functioned as part of the ...

on 13 November 1909, where he was appointed as the assistant to the government agent in Sabaragamuwa in October 1910, the police magistrate in Matale in February 1912, the assistant commissioner of excise in April 1913, assistant government agent in Kandy in April 1915, assistant government agent in Matale in August 1915, assistant government agent in Trincomalee in April 1916, assistant government agent in Colombo in October 1918, assistant government agent in Nuwara Eliya in December 1919, assistant government agent in Kegalle in December 1921 and assistant government agent in Matara in March 1923. He married Phyllis Mary Carpenter in 1915, after he death in 1937 he remarried Winifred Mary De Winton (1891-1967) on 2 April 1938 in Chelsea, London. On 11 August 1938 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon, a position he held until 22 October. He then served as the deputy Chief Secretary of Ceylon. In 1939 Wodeman was awarded the

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 the King's Birthday Honours for his work in the Colonial Administrative Service. On 3 February 1940 Wodeman was appointed as the acting

, taking over from Sir

Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn Sir Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn KBE (25 March 1883 – 30 June 1953) was an acting Governor of British Ceylon. He was appointed on 30 June 1937 and was acting Governor until 16 October 1937. He was succeeded by Andrew Caldecott Sir Andrew ...

, and was permanently appointed in the role on 30 May that year. He remained as Chief Secretary until 7 April 1942, when he retired and was replaced by Sir

Robert Drayton Sir Robert Harry Drayton (14 April 1892 - 20 February 1963), was a lawyer and a senior colonial civil servant who worked in Palestine, Tanganyika, Ceylon, Jamaica and Pakistan. He served as the Chief Secretary of Ceylon from 1942 to 1947 and a ...

. He died on 5 May 1970 in

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, London.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wodeman, Guy Stanley 1886 births 1970 deaths People from Stockton-on-Tees Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon Sri Lankan people of British descent Chief Secretaries of Ceylon British expatriates in Sri Lanka Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George