A. Fellowes-Gordon
British tea planter and politician
About A. Fellowes-Gordon
Lived 1883 – 1940 (aged 56).
Henry 'Harry' Abdy Fellowes-Gordon (10 December 1883 – 18 May 1940) was a British tea planter and politician in Colonial Ceylon.
Fellowes-Gordon was born in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, the eldest son of Henry 'Harry' Gordon Gordon-Fellowes (1858–1925), the fifteenth Laird of Knockespock, and Millicent Amelia Charlotte née Blood (1862–1931). He received his education at Wellington College, Berkshire.
Fellowes-Gordon fought in the South African War (1901–1902), He subsequently served with the Leicestershire Regiment in World War I attaining the rank of a Lieutenant.
In 1912, Fellowes-Gordon purchased a tea plantation, Roehampton Estate, in Haputale, which he managed for twenty years.
Upon his father's death in 1925, Fellowes-Gordon inherited his father's estate in Aberdeenshire.
On 13 June 1931, he was elected to the 1st State Council of Ceylon representing Bandarawela. One of only two British elected to the State Council, the other being H. R. Freeman, who represented Anuradhapura. Fellowes-Gordon polled 9,029 votes, defeating the Sinhalese candidate, H. J. Pinto, by 3,299 votes due to his influence with the majority of Tamil Indian voters. He was appointed to the Executive Committee on Agriculture and Lands.
Fellowes-Gordon failed in his bid to get re-elected at the next State Council election in 1936, at which Daniel Dias Gunasekera, a Ceylonese businessman, won the seat of Bandarawela. He died in Ceylon in 1940.
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Who was A. Fellowes-Gordon?
British tea planter and politician (1883-1940)
When was A. Fellowes-Gordon born?
A. Fellowes-Gordon was born on 10 December 1883 in Aberdeenshire.
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A. Fellowes-Gordon died on 18 May 1940 in Sri Lanka.
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