Percy Wyn-Harris

Sir
Percy Wyn-Harris
Administrator of the Northern Cameroons
In office
October 1960 โ€“ 1 June 1961
MonarchElizabeth II
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Governor of the Gambia
In office
1 December 1949 โ€“ 19 June 1958
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Preceded byAndrew Barkworth Wright
Succeeded byEdward Henry Windley
Personal details
Born24 August 1903
Acton, Middlesex, England
Died25 February 1979(1979-02-25) (aged 75)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Sir Percy Wyn-Harris KCMG MBE KStJ (24 August 1903 โ€“ 25 February 1979) was an English mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yachtsman. He worked in the Colonial Service in Africa and served as Governor of the Gambia from 1949 to 1958.


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