Franklin Charles Gimson

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Franklin Charles Gimson was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as the first Governor of Singapore after World War II.

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instanceOf British colonial administrator
human
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
burialPlace United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1890-09-10
dateOfDeath 1975-02-13
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer British colonial service NERFINISHED
endTime (Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong) 1945
endTime (Governor of Singapore) 1952
ethnicGroup English
familyName Gimson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork colonial governance
genreOfActivity public administration
givenName Franklin NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Sir
languageSpoken English
memberOfOrder Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
middleName Charles NERFINISHED
militaryConflictExperienced World War II NERFINISHED
name Franklin Charles Gimson NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first postwar Governor of Singapore
role in post-World War II reconstruction of Singapore
occupation colonial administrator
participantIn British colonial administration in Asia
placeOfBirth Barrow-on-Soar NERFINISHED
England
Leicestershire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath United Kingdom
positionHeld Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
Governor of Singapore
Officer administering the Government of Hong Kong
religion Anglicanism
residence Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
startTime (Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong) 1941
startTime (Governor of Singapore) 1946
workLocation Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED

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C. D. Deshmukh appointedBy Franklin Charles Gimson