About Aylmer Cavendish Pearson
Lived 1876 – 1926 (aged 49–50). Aylmer Cavendish Pearson was a British governor.
Aylmer Cavendish Pearson CMG (5 August 1876 – 15 March 1926) was a British colonial administrative officer who served as Governor of North Borneo from 1915–1922 and from 1925–26.
Early life and education Pearson was born on 5 August 1876, the son of Colonel Hugh Pearson. He was educated at Felsted School, and at Trinity College, Dublin.
Career Pearson joined the British North Borneo Service in 1897 as a cadet.
In 1910 and 1911, he was appointed acting Governor of North Borneo.
Personal life and death
Pearson married Violet, daughter of Edward Gueritz in 1907 and they had a daughter. He died on 15 March 1926 in Jesselton, North Borneo (present-day Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia), aged 49.
Honours Pearson was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1919 New Years Honours.
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Who was Aylmer Cavendish Pearson?
British colonial governor in British North Borneo (1876–1926)
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Aylmer Cavendish Pearson was born in 1876.
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Aylmer Cavendish Pearson died in 1926.
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Aylmer Cavendish Pearson was a governor.
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Aylmer Cavendish Pearson was British.
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