John Chancellor (British administrator)

John Chancellor (British administrator)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO (b. 1870- d. 1952) was a British soldier and colonial official.

After a career in the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers, [LondonGazette|issue=26076|startpage=4283|date=5 August 1890|accessdate=2007-12-14] [LondonGazette|issue=26428|startpage=4356|date=1 August 1893|accessdate=2007-12-14] which included service on the North West FrontierLondonGazette|issue=26968|startpage=3166|date=20 May 1898|accessdate=2007-12-14] and being Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee,LondonGazette|issue=28305|yes=supp|startpage=8240|date=5 November 1909|accessdate=2007-12-14] he became a colonial administrator serving as Governor of Mauritius (1911 [LondonGazette|issue=28517|startpage=5632|date=28 July 1911|accessdate=2007-12-14] –1916), Trinidad and Tobago (1916 [LondonGazette|issue=29516|startpage=3065|date=21 March 1916|accessdate=2007-12-14] –1921) and Southern Rhodesia (1923–1928). He also served as Principal Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence From 1922–1923. [LondonGazette|issue=32598|startpage=978|date=3 February 1922|accessdate=2007-12-14]

In 1898 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). In 1909 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was knighted in the 1913 King's Birthday Honours when he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). [LondonGazette|issue=28724|startpage=3905|date=30 May 1913|accessdate=2007-12-14] In 1922 he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG). [LondonGazette|issue=32766|supp=yes|startpage=8017|date=10 November 1922|accessdate=2007-12-14] In 1928, he became High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine where he was perceived as being cool to Zionism. He was appointed a Knight of Justice in the Venerable Order of Saint John on 19 December 1928. [LondonGazette|issue=33453|startpage=49|date=1 January 1929|accessdate=2007-12-14]

While he was in London in 1929, Arab riots protesting Jewish immigration broke out. On his return, he initially condemned Arab attacks but was subsequently less critical. He helped write the Lord Passfield's White Paper of 1930 which aimed to reinterpret the Balfour Declaration in order to back away from a commitment to the creation of a Jewish state. He left Palestine in 1931.

In 1937 he was appointed chairman of the Livestock Commission, which was set up following the passing of the Livestock Industry Act, 1937. [LondonGazette|issue=34420|startpage=4743|date=23 July 1937|accessdate=2007-12-14] In the 1947 King's Birthday Honours he was created a Knight Grand Cross in the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. [LondonGazette|issue=37977|supp=yes|startpage=2582|date=6 June 1947|accessdate=2007-12-14]

References

External links

* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritius.htm World Statesmen - Mauritius]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Israel.htm World Statesmen - Israel]


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