About Robert Scott
Lived 1903 – 1968 (aged 64–65). Robert Scott was a British politician.
Sir Robert Scott, (10 March 1903 – 28 May 1968) was a British colonial governor who served as the 27th Governor of Mauritius, 22 March 1954 to 10 July 1959. He wrote a history of the islands called Limuria: The Lesser Dependencies of Mauritius.
Scott was educated at Highgate School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern History.
He was appointed CMG in 1945, a Knight Bachelor in the 1953 New Year Honours, while he was Administrator at the East Africa High Commission, and KCMG in the 1954 Birthday Honours.
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Who was Robert Scott?
Governor of Mauritius , born 1903 (1903–1968)
When was Robert Scott born?
Robert Scott was born in 1903.
When did Robert Scott die?
Robert Scott died in 1968.
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Robert Scott was a politician.
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Robert Scott was British.
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· DBpedia: Robert Scott (colonial administrator)
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