Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin
British colonial administrator
About Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin
Lived 1896 – 1950 (aged 53–54).
Sir Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, CMG (27 September 1896 – 29 September 1950) was a British colonial administrator. He was Chief Commissioner of Gold Coast Colony from 1945 until his death.
The son of the Venerable R. R. Mangin, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne, Thorleif Mangin was educated at Marlborough College. After serving as sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War, he joined the Colonial Service in 1919.
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Who was Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin?
British colonial administrator (1896-1950)
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Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin was born on 27 September 1896.
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Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin died in 1950.
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