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(Redirected from Robert Scott (Mauritius)) Governor of Mauritius , born 1903

For other people named Robert Scott, see Robert Scott (disambiguation).

Sir Robert Scott, KCMG (10 March 1903 – 28 May 1968) was a British colonial governor who served as the 27th Governor of Mauritius, 22 March 1954 to 10 July 1959. He wrote a history of the Islands called Limuria: The Lesser Dependencies of Mauritius

Scott was educated at Highgate School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern History.

He was appointed CMG in 1945, a Knight Bachelor in the 1953 New Year Honours, while he was Administrator at the East Africa High Commission, and KCMG in the 1954 Birthday Honours.

References

  1. cahoon, ben. "Mauritius". worldstatesmen.org.
  2. ^ ed. Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian F. (1988). Highgate School Register 1833–1988 (7th ed.). p. 167. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
Government offices
Preceded bySir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood Governor of Mauritius
1954–1959
Succeeded bySir Colville Montgomery Deverell


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