Leslie Probyn
Appearance
Sir Leslie Probyn (1862–1938) KCMG was an administrator for the British Empire.
He was the son of Edmund Probyn, JP and DL and educated at Charterhouse School. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1884.[1]
He was an Attorney-General of British Honduras[2] and Grenada and Governor of Sierra Leone, Barbados and Jamaica. He was made a KCMG in 1909.[2]
Appointments
- 1893 - 1896 Attorney General of British Honduras
- 1896 - Attorney General of Grenada
- 1904 - 1910 Governor of Sierra Leone[2]
- 13 February 1911 - 1918 Governor of Barbados[2]
- 11 June 1918 - 1924 Governor of Jamaica[3]
References
- ^ "Who's Who, 1935". Mocavo. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Obituaries". Glasgow Herald. 20 December 1938. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Jamaica". Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1862 births
- 1938 deaths
- People educated at Charterhouse School
- Members of the Middle Temple
- Governors of Jamaica
- Governors of Sierra Leone
- Governors of Barbados
- Attorneys General of British Grenada
- Attorneys-General of British Honduras
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