Sir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE (1899–1983), was the last British Head of Nigeria. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford. After Oxford he joined the Sudan Political Service from 1922 to 1953 and was the Civil Secretary from 1947 to 1953.
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- Sir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE (1899–1983), was the last British Head of Nigeria. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford. After Oxford he joined the Sudan Political Service from 1922 to 1953 and was the Civil Secretary from 1947 to 1953. He was then sent to British Guiana in January 1954 by Oliver Lyttelton, the then Secretary of State for the Colonies to write the Robertson Commission Report to investigate the current crisis in the country due to the election of the People's Progressive Party, who were seen as too friendly with communist organisations which had led to the suspension of the constitution. He was then sent to Nigeria as a result of his good work. He was Governor-General of Nigeria from 15 June 1955 to 16 November 1960 representing Queen Elizabeth as Head of State from 1 October 1960 to 16 November 1960. He served a Commission in the British Army with the Gordon Highlanders and the Black Watch. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D. ) from the University of Leeds in 1961. A book The Last of the Proconsuls: Letters of Sir James Robertson was published in 1994, edited by Graham E. Thomas. It is a collection of letters Sir James sent to Thomas over 40 years mainly about the problems towards the end of the British Empire as seen by one of the greatest figures in imperial government.
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- Sir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE (1899–1983), was the last British Head of Nigeria. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford. After Oxford he joined the Sudan Political Service from 1922 to 1953 and was the Civil Secretary from 1947 to 1953.
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