Douglas James Jardine
Sir Douglas James Jardine KCMG OBE (13 October 1888 – 11 December 1946) was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of Governor of North Borneo, Sierra Leone and the Leeward Islands during his career.
Biography[]
Jardine was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his BA Hons. in Classics in 1910. Immediately after graduating, he joined the colonial service and was posted as assistant secretary to the government of Cyprus from 1910–16.
In 1916, he became Secretary to Administration in British Somaliland, a position he held until 1921. During this posting, he accompanied the British Mission to the Coronation of Empress Zauditu of Abyssinia in 1917 and was awarded the OBE in 1918. In 1920, he was appointed Officer in Charge H.Q. Services, Somaliland Expeditionary Force. Three years later, he published The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, his book on Diiriye Guure's rebel leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the so-called "Mad Mullah" who led an armed resistance against British, Italian, and Ethiopian forces in Somalia.
In 1921, Jardine became Senior Assistant Secretary, Nigerian Secretariat, a post he held until 1927.
In 1927, he was posted to Tanganyika Territory, beginning an eight-year association with the country. He was Deputy Chief Secretary, Tanganyika in 1927–28; Chief Secretary to Government, Tanganyika, 1928–34; and acting Governor, Tanganyika, in 1929, 1931, 1933 and 1934.
In 1929, 1930 and 1931, Jardine was also the accredited representative of H.M. Government to the Permanent Mandates Commission at Geneva. He was appointed CMG in 1932. In 1934, he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief, North Borneo, a post he held until 1937.[1]
Later that year he was appointed Governor of Sierra Leone (1937–41),[2] and then Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1941–43.[3] He was appointed KCMG in 1938
Jardine died in December 1946.
Publications[]
- The Handbook of Cyprus 1913 and 1919.
- The Mad Mullah of Somaliland 1923.
- Memorandum on indirect rule and the system of administration of the natives of North Borneo 1935.
- If I were you (DRAMA).
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- 1888 births
- 1946 deaths
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Governors of the Leeward Islands
- Governors of North Borneo
- Governors of Sierra Leone
- Governors of Tanganyika (territory)
- People of colonial Nigeria
- British expatriates in Nigeria
- British Leeward Islands people of World War II