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Sir William Addis , KBE , CMG (5 September 1901 – 19 November 1978) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Seychelles from 1953 to 1958. During his tenure as governor, he was responsible for Archbishop Makarios , who had been exiled to the colony from Cyprus.
Life and career
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The third son of the Scottish banker Sir Charles Stewart Addis , William Addis was educated at Rugby School and Magdalene College, Cambridge , where he took the mechanical science tripos in 1923. He entered the Colonial Administrative Service in 1924, and subsequently served in Zanzibar and Northern Rhodesia , with a secondment to the Dominions Office during 1933. He was private secretary to Sir Khalifa bin Harub , Sultan of Zanzibar from 1939 to 1945, and was a member of the Zanzibar Naval Volunteer Force during the same period.[1]
From 1945 to 1950, Addis served as Colonial Secretary of Bermuda , and acted as governor during 1945 and 1946. From 1950 to 1953, he was based in Singapore as Deputy Commissioner-General for Colonial Affairs, South-East Asia, in succession to Sir Ralph Hone .
Horne was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles , serving from 1953 until his retirement in 1958. During his tenure, Addis was responsible for Archbishop Makarios , who had been exiled to the Seychelles from Cyprus. During his tenure, the islands' first telephone exchange system was opened.[2] Duke of Edinburgh to the colony.
From 1958 to 1966, he held a temporary appointment in the Foreign Office .[1]
Addis was appointed to the third class of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar in 1945, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1948, and was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1955.
References
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^ a b "Sir William Addis". The Times
^ Ernesta, Sharon; Bonnelame, Betymie (30 March 2017). "Island history: 18 British governors who led Seychelles through the 20th century" . Seychelles News Agency . Retrieved 2022-11-18 .
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