Thomas Southorn

Sir Thomas Southorn
Governor of the Gambia
In office
22 October 1936 – 23 March 1942
MonarchsEdward VIII
George VI
Preceded byArthur Richards
Succeeded byHilary Blood
Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
In office
1 May 1925 – 23 March 1936
GovernorCecil Clementi
William Peel
Andrew Caldecott
Preceded byClaud Severn
Succeeded byNorman Lockhart Smith
Personal details
Born4 August 1879
Died15 March 1957(1957-03-15) (aged 77)
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Thomas Southorn
Traditional Chinese修頓
Simplified Chinese修顿
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiūdùn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSāu deuhn
JyutpingSau1 deon6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蕭敦
Simplified Chinese萧敦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāodūn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSīu dēun
JyutpingSiu1 deon1

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.