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Sir George Stewart Symes, GBE, KCMG, DSO (29 July 1882 – 5 December 1962) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Career. Symes was born in Kent, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Alexander Symes of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, and Emily Catherine (née Shore), daughter of Charles Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth.
Biografia. Origini e carriera militare. Symes nacque nella contea inglese del Kent, figlio del tenente colonnello dell' Highland Light Infantry William Alexander Symes e di Emily Catherine, figlia di Charles Shore, II barone Teignmouth.
George Symes may refer to: George G. Symes (1840–1893), U.S. Representative from Colorado. George Stewart Symes (1882–1962), Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Sir George Stewart Symes GBE GCMG DSO, selbst meist nur Stewart Symes genannt (* 1882; † 1962), war ein Offizier der British Army sowie später Oberbefehlshaber der britischen Kolonie Aden, Mandatsgouverneur des nördlichen Distrikts von Palästina, Kolonialgouverneur Tanganjikas und Generalgouverneur des Anglo-Ägyptischen Sudans.
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Crichton-Stuart was born at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the second son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and his wife, the Honourable Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard, daughter of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop. Through his father, he was an illegitimate descendant of the House of Stuart. He was...
In 1905, Crichton-Stuart met the Honourable Ismay Preston, the only daughter of Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston and Georgina Jane Connelan, at the wedding of his brother John Crichton-Stuart and Augusta Bellingham where he was best man and Preston was a bridesmaid. The couple announced their engagement in January 1906 and married six month...
On 9 March 1911, Crichton-Stuart was promoted as lieutenant-colonel of the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment and took command of the battalion the following year. It was an experienced unit, being the oldest Swansea volunteer corps, that were often used as a guard of honour during royal visits and Crichton-Stuart's wife Ismay chose the ...
Crichton-Stuart is commemorated on Panel 8 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs and officers of the House of Commons who died during the First World War to be named on that memorial. Crichton-Stuart is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber. A further act of ...
Crichton-Stuart and his wife Ismay had four children: 1. Ninian Patrick Crichton-Stuart (31 October 1907 – 4 February 1910) 2. Ismay Catherine Crichton-Stuart (23 December 1909 - 1989); her first marriage, on 1 October 1930, was to John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury; together they had one son Adam (1934–2010).They divorced in 1936....
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Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Stewart Symes, GBE KCMG DSO (29 July 1882 – 5 December 1962) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. [2] Symes was born in Kent, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Alexander Symes of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, and Emily Catherine (née Shore...
