British colonial civil servant
Sir Theodore Samuel Adams |
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![]() Adams in July 1948 |
| Born | 1885 |
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| Died | 1961 |
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| Nationality | British |
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| Occupation | Colonial civil servant |
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Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961) was a British colonial civil servant.[1]
Adams graduated from All Souls College, University of Oxford and entered the British colonial civil service. His first post was as a cadet in the Federated Malay States in 1908. In 1946, he became an advisor for the Malay kings in Malaya. He then had a succession of more senior appointments in Malaya before becoming Chief Commissioner of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria from 1937.[1]
Adams played a part in the Selangor succession dispute.
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