John Evelyn Shuckburgh
British colonial administrator
About John Evelyn Shuckburgh
Lived 1877 – 1953 (aged 75). John Evelyn Shuckburgh was a British.
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh, KCMG (born 18 March 1877 in Eton, died 8 February 1953 in London), was a British colonial administrator.
Biography Shuckburgh was the eldest son of the academic Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1843–1906) and Frances Mary Pullen. His eldest son, later diplomat and Middle East expert, Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, was born in 1909 in London.
Shuckburgh was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He was a Dickens enthusiast and was asked by Oxford University Press to write the foreword to A Tale of Two Cities.
Governor of Nigeria On 1 July 1940, John Evelyn Shuckburgh was appointed interim Governor of Nigeria; a position he held until 1942 when he was replaced by Sir Alan Burns. His tenure, as well as that of his successor, was characterised as unremarkable.
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British colonial administrator (1877–1953)
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John Evelyn Shuckburgh was born on 18 March 1877 in Eton.
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John Evelyn Shuckburgh died on 8 February 1953 in London.
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John Evelyn Shuckburgh was British.
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