Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh,
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(born 18 March 1877 in Eton, died 8 February 1953 in London), was a British colonial administrator.
Biography
Shuckburgh was the eldest son of the academic
Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh
Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (12 July 1843 – 10 July 1906) was an English academic and schoolmaster, known as classical scholar and translator.
Life
Born at Aldborough, Norfolk on 12 July 1843, he was the third and eldest surviving son in the fa ...
(1843–1906) and Frances Mary Pullen. His eldest son, later diplomat and Middle East expert,
Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, was born in 1909 in London.
As a member of the British
Colonial Service
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, Shuckburgh was active in
India
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, and in
Palestine
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. He was a
Dickens
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enthusiast and was asked by
Oxford University Press
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to write the foreword to ''
A Tale of Two Cities
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'', one of Dickens' finest books.
Governor of Nigeria
On 1 July 1940, John Evelyn Shuckburgh was appointed interim Governor of
Nigeria
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; a position he held until 1942 when he was replaced by Sir
Alan Burns. His tenure, as well as that of his successor, was characterised as unremarkable.
References
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1877 births
1953 deaths
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Colonial Administrative Service officers
British Governors and Governors-General of Nigeria
British Empire
Mandatory Palestine
Colonial Nigeria
Colonial India