Northern Nigerian governor and railway builder from Canada
Sir
Percy Girouard
KCMG DSO
Percy Girouard in 1899
High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria
In office 1907–1909
Preceded by
Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
Succeeded by
Sir Henry Hesketh Bell
Personal details
Born
(1867-01-26)26 January 1867 Montreal, Canada East
Died
26 September 1932(1932-09-26) (aged 65) London, England
Civilian awards
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Military service
Rank
Colonel
Military awards
Distinguished Service Order
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Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, KCMG, DSO (26 January 1867 – 26 September 1932) was an Empire enthusiast, a Canadian railway builder, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria and the East Africa Protectorate and British industrialist.
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a decisive event in modernising the area. As governor of Kenya, Sir PercyGirouard was instrumental in initiating railway extension policy that led to...
Council, becoming the first Asian and non-European member. Governor Sir PercyGirouard opposed his nomination, but he was overruled by the Colonial Office...
over by the Imperial Military Railways under Lieutenant-Colonel Sir PercyGirouard. After the war had ended, the Imperial Military Railways became the...
were Henry McCallum, William MacGregor, Walter Egerton, Ralph Moor, PercyGirouard, Hesketh Bell and Frederick Lugard. Most of these came from military...
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to the Grand Vizier. He was replaced by General Mahmud Mukhtar. Sir PercyGirouard resigned as the Governor of the East Africa Protectorate in what is...
this impediment and all others, ordering the well-known Lieutenant PercyGirouard to make preparations to begin construction. The capable engineer conducted...
"Wikispaces". federation-house.wikispaces.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019. Girouard, Mark, Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement, 1860–1900, Yale University...
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stands at the core of this building. The architectural historian Mark Girouard considers Madresfield's internal courtyard to be its most impressive feature...
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