William Bain Gray
British administrator
About William Bain Gray
Lived 1886 – 1949 (aged 62–63).
Major William Bain Gray, CBE (1886 – 3 February 1949) was a British colonial administrator and civil servant. He studied history at the University of Edinburgh and was awarded a PhD in 1921 for his thesis, “The military forces and the public revenue of Scotland, 1660-1688”. He was Governor of St Helena from 1941 to 1946.
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Who was William Bain Gray?
British administrator
When was William Bain Gray born?
William Bain Gray was born in 1886.
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William Bain Gray died in 1949.
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