Henry Steven Potter
Sir Henry Steven Potter KCMG (7 March 1904 - 14 November 1976) was a British administrator who served as British Resident in Zanzibar between 1954-59.
Biography[]
Potter was educated at Shrewsbury School and Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] On completion of his studies he joined the Colonial Service and served as a district officer in Kenya between 1926-44.[1] In 1944 he became Deputy Financial Secretary for Kenya, and the following year Financial Secretary for Uganda. He became Chief Secretary of Uganda in 1948 and later Kenya in 1952.[1]
In 1954 he was appointed British Resident for Zanzibar and remained in the post until his retirement in 1959.[2][3] He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Who was who, Volume 7, A. & C. Black, 1971, p.635
- ^ S. Steinberg, The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1957, Springer, 28 Dec 2016, p.329
- ^ Douglas Brown, Marcelle V. Brown, Looking Back at the Uganda Protectorate: Recollections of District Officers, D. Brown, 1996
- ^ The London Gazette, Volume 2, H.M. Stationery Office, 1956
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1976 deaths
- British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
- British Kenya people
- Colonial governors and administrators of Kenya
- People educated at Shrewsbury School
- Colonial Legal Service officers
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Resident ministers of Zanzibar