Sir George William Des Voeux

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_George_William_Des_Voeux
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1829-09-22
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 Rev. Henry Des Voeux
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
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 Voeux
gptkbp:knownFor colonial administration in the British Empire
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork My Colonial Service (autobiography)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor_of_British_Guiana) Sir James Robert Longden
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor_of_Fiji) gptkb:Sir_William_Des_Vœux
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor_of_Hong_Kong) gptkb:Sir_George_Bowen
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor_of_Newfoundland) Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse
gptkbp:signature George William Des Voeux signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marianne_Sophia_Templer
gptkbp:successor_(Governor_of_British_Guiana) Sir Henry Turner Irving
gptkbp:successor_(Governor_of_Fiji) Sir Charles Mitchell
gptkbp:successor_(Governor_of_Hong_Kong) gptkb:Sir_William_Robinson
gptkbp:successor_(Governor_of_Newfoundland) gptkb:Sir_Henry_Arthur_Blake
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_British_Guiana) 1884
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_Fiji) 1886
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_Hong_Kong) 1891
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_Newfoundland) 1887
gptkbp:termStart_(Governor_of_British_Guiana) 1880
gptkbp:termStart_(Governor_of_Fiji) 1880
gptkbp:termStart_(Governor_of_Hong_Kong) 1887
gptkbp:termStart_(Governor_of_Newfoundland) 1886
gptkbp:title gptkb:state_order
gptkb:Governor_of_Fiji
gptkb:Governor_of_British_Guiana
Sir
Governor of Newfoundland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Victoria_Georgina_Beatrice_von_Pawel-Rammingen
gptkb:Des_Voeux_Road
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6