Harvey Adamson

Sir Harvey Adamson KCSI (1854–1941) of the Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, served as Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma from May 1910 to October 1915, save for an interim period in 1913, when Sir George Shaw took the post.

Sir

Harvey Adamson

Lieutenant Governor of Burma
In office
19 May 1910  28 October 1915
Preceded byHerbert Thirkell White
Succeeded byGeorge Shaw
Personal details
Born1854
Died1941 (1942) (aged 87)
NationalityBritish
OccupationAdministrator
The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard

Life

He was born on 7 October 1854.

Adamson was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (K.C.S.I.) in 1910.

He was Lt Governor of Burma from 1910 to 1915.[1]

He died on 18 March 1941. He is buried in the churchyard of St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen. The grave lies on the north side of the church.

Family

He married Jane Charlotte Leslie (1870-1953).

Their son Maurice Leslie Adamson was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Recognition

The steamship the "Sir Harvey Adamson" was launched on the River Clyde in 1914, built for the British India Steam Navigation Company by A & J Inglis.[2] The ship and 269 passengers went missing at sea in 1947.[3]

Preceded by
Sir Herbert Thirkell White
Lieutenant Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma
19101915
Succeeded by
Sir George Shaw

References


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