Sir George William Des Vœux

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_George_William_Des_Vœux
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1834-09-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Baden-Baden,_Grand_Duchy_of_Baden
gptkbp:deathDate 1909-12-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:father Sir Charles des Vœux, 2nd Baronet
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir George William Des Vœux
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork My Colonial Service (autobiography)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
gptkb:Governor_of_Fiji
gptkb:Governor_of_British_Guiana
Governor of Newfoundland
gptkbp:predecessor Sir George Ferguson Bowen (as Governor of Hong Kong)
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marianne_Sophia_Templer
gptkbp:successor Sir William Robinson (as Governor of Hong Kong)
gptkbp:termEnd 1891 (as Governor of Hong Kong)
gptkbp:termStart 1887 (as Governor of Hong Kong)
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Des_Voeux_Road_Central
gptkb:Des_Voeux_Road_West
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7