Percy Girouard

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name= Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard


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allegiance=Canadian
born= (26 January 1867
died=26 September 1932)
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laterwork=railway builder, colonial governor, director of Armstrong Whitworth
awards=K.C.M.G.

Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, K.C.M.G. (26 January 1867 – 26 September 1932) was a Canadian railway builder and colonial governor.

Education

Born in Montréal, Quebec, the son of Désiré Girouard, he graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1886.

Career

He was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1888. From 1896 to 1898, he was in charge of the Sudan railways. A line bypassing the Nile cataracts in the Sudan, constructed by Girouard, enabled Kitchener's victory at Omdurman. From 1899 to 1904, Griouard constructed railways in South Africa. From 1907 to 1909, Girouard served as high commissioner and governor of northern Nigeria. He then served as governor of the British East Africa Protectorate (Kenya) from 1909 to 1912. During the World War I, he was responsible for munitions procurement and railway organization in Belgium. From 1913 to 1932, he was a director of Armstrong Whitworth, an armaments firm.

Girouard died in London, England in 1932.

Legacy

The Girouard academic building at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario was named in his honour in 1977.

References

* [http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003265 Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard] at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Books

*4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
*H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968 Kingston, Ontario.
*H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. RMC. Kingston, Ontario. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984

External links

* [http://web.ncf.ca/fm122/percy-girouard/index.htm Sir Percy Girouard, Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1907-1909]