Sir Percy Wyn-Harris | |
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Administrator of the Northern Cameroons | |
In office October 1960 – 1 June 1961 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Governor of the Gambia | |
In office 1 December 1949 – 19 June 1958 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Andrew Barkworth Wright |
Succeeded by | Edward Henry Windley |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 August 1903 Acton, Middlesex, England |
Died | 25 February 1979 Petersfield, Hampshire, England | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Sir Percy Wyn-Harris KCMG MBE KStJ (24 August 1903 – 25 February 1979) was an English mountaineer, colonial administrator, and yachtsman. He worked in the Colonial Service in Africa and served as Governor of the Gambia from 1949 to 1958.