John Burdon
Politician, Deceased Person
1866 – 1933
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Who was John Burdon?
Major Sir John Alder Burdon was Governor-General of British Honduras from 1925 to 1932. He also wrote Brief Sketch of British Honduras, Past, Present and Future.
Born 23 Aug 1866 in Beijing, China, he was the son of Bishop John Shaw Burdon and Phoebe Esther Alder. He was educated in England, enlisting in the British Military in 1888 and serving in Nigeria. By 1910 he was the Colonial Secretary of Barbados, and married Katherine Janet Sutherland 17 December 1910. He then served as Administrator of St. Kitts before his appointment as Governor-General of British Honduras from 1925 to 1932.
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