Geoffry Northcote

Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, KCMG was a British colonial administrator.

Northcote was born in London, the son of Reverend the Hon. Arthur Francis Northcote, fourth son of Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh. Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, was his uncle. He was educated at Blundells School in Tiverton and Balliol College, Oxford. He entered the Colonial Service in 1904 and served in Kenya from 1904 to 1927. He became Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia a year later, and served there until 1930. Afterwards, Northcote served as the Chief Secretary of Gold Coast, until 1934 and as Governor and CommanderinChief of British Guiana from 1935 to 1937.

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