Stewart Symes

Sir George Stewart Symes
Lieutenant Colonel; Sir George Stewart Symes; GCB GCMG DSO
	Stewart Symes by Bassano. 12 July 1938
Resident of Aden
	In office; 1928–1931
Preceded by	John Henry Keith Stewart
Succeeded by	Bernard Rawdon Reilly
Governor of Tanganyika
	In office; 1931–1934
Preceded by	Donald Charles Cameron
Succeeded by	Harold MacMichael
Governor-General of Sudan
	In office; 1934–1940
Preceded by	John Maffey
Succeeded by	Hubert Huddleston
Personal details
Born	29 July 1882; Wateringbury, Kent
Died	5 December 1962 (aged 80)[1]; Folkestone, Kent
Military service
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel

Sir George Stewart Symes, GBE, KCMG, DSO (29 July 1882 – 5 December 1962) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.[2]

Career

Symes was born in Kent, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Alexander Symes of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, and Emily Catherine (née Shore), daughter of Charles Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth.

Symes, as resident of Aden

Symes, as governor-general of the Sudan

Symes was commissioned a second lieutenant in The Hampshire Regiment in August 1900, and served in South Africa during the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, receiving the rank of lieutenant on 21 April 1902.[3][4] Later that year he was posted in the Aden Hinterland, where he served 1903-1904. He is said to have been the only British army officer to be awarded a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services in the hinterland.[5]

He was Governor of the Palestine North District from 1920 to 1925, Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine from 1925 to 1928, Resident of Aden from 1928 to 1931, Governor of Tanganyika from 1931 to 1934 and Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1934 to 1940.[6]

References

"R Stewart Symes: Critical Time in the Sudan". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 December 1962. p. 15.
Robertson. J.W. (September 2004). "Symes, Sir (George) Stewart (1882–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
"No. 27436". The London Gazette. 23 May 1902. p. 3383.
"No. 27488". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902. p. 6806.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir (George) Stewart Symes
Long, Charles William Richard (2004). British Pro-consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929: The Challenge of Nationalism. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 0-415-35033-6.

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[times-1] "R Stewart Symes: Critical Time in the Sudan". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 7 December 1962. p. 15.

[2] Robertson. J.W. (September 2004). "Symes, Sir (George) Stewart (1882–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

[3] "No. 27436". The London Gazette. 23 May 1902. p. 3383.

[4] "No. 27488". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902. p. 6806.

[5] Lieutenant Colonel Sir (George) Stewart Symes

[6] Long, Charles William Richard (2004). British Pro-consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929: The Challenge of Nationalism. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 0-415-35033-6.