Patrick Muir Renison
British colonial administrator
About Patrick Muir Renison
Lived 1911 – 1965 (aged 54).
Sir Patrick Muir Renison GCMG (24 March 1911 – 10 November 1965) was a British colonial administrator.
Biography Renison was born in 1911 in Rock Ferry, England. He attended Uppingham School, and later Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
He entered the Colonial Administrative Service in 1932 and was seconded to the Colonial Office. In 1936 he moved to Ceylon where he was appointed to the Ceylon Civil Service. He would remain in Ceylon until 1944, during which time he would hold a number of Civil Service posts across the country. He left the post in 1958 and served as Governor of Kenya between 1959 and 1962.
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Who was Patrick Muir Renison?
British colonial administrator
When was Patrick Muir Renison born?
Patrick Muir Renison was born on 24 March 1911.
When did Patrick Muir Renison die?
Patrick Muir Renison died on 10 November 1965.
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