Roger Carmichael Robert Owen | |
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Governor of Mongalla | |
In office 1908–1918 | |
Preceded by | Angus Cameron |
Succeeded by | Cecil Stephen Northcote |
Personal details | |
Born | 1866 Writtle, Essex, England |
Died | 1 August 1941 (aged 74-75) Cairo, Egypt |
Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile; Order of the Medjidie |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1884–1918 |
Unit | King's Shropshire Light Infantry; Oxfordshire Light Infantry; Egyptian Army |
Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Carmichael Robert Owen CMG OBE (1866–1941) was a British Army officer who joined the Sudan service in 1903. He was Sudan Agent in Cairo from 1905 to 1908. Owen was then appointed Governor of Mongalla Province in South Sudan from 1908 to 1918.[1]