Sir Thomas Southorn | |
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Governor of the Gambia | |
In office 22 October 1936 – 23 March 1942 | |
Monarchs | Edward VIII George VI |
Preceded by | Arthur Richards |
Succeeded by | Hilary Blood |
Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong | |
In office 1 May 1925 – 23 March 1936 | |
Governor | Cecil Clementi William Peel Andrew Caldecott |
Preceded by | Claud Severn |
Succeeded by | Norman Lockhart Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 August 1879 |
Died | 15 March 1957 | (aged 77)
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Thomas Southorn | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 修頓 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 修顿 | ||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蕭敦 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 萧敦 | ||||||||||||
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Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn KCMG KBE (4 August 1879 – 15 March 1957) (Chinese Translated Name: 修頓, Old Translated Name:蕭敦), known as Tom, was a British colonial administrator, spending the large part of his career in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) before serving as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, then Governor of The Gambia.