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Ronald Storrs
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Ronald Storrs

British colonial official (1881–1955)

Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (19 November 1881 – 1 November 1955) was an official in the British Foreign Office. He served as Oriental Secretary in Cairo, Military Governor of Jerusalem, Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of Northern Rhodesia.2

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Born Nov 19, 1881, died Nov 1, 1955.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCharterhouse School3
  • Date not recordedPembroke College3

Storrs was born on 19 November 1881 in Bury St Edmunds to John Storrs, the then vicar of St Peter's Church and later Dean of Rochester, and Lucy Anna Marie Cust. One of six siblings, Storrs was the brother of Francis Storrs, an academic and intelligence agent, Monica Storrs, a missionary, and Christopher Storrs, an Anglican bishop. Storrs was the maternal cousin of Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow.

Educated at Temple Grove School and Charterhouse School, Storrs later enrolled at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Storrs graduated with a Bachelor's in Classical Tripos in 1903, after which he studied Arabic under Edward Granville Browne.

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Career

Occupation: diplomat, colonel, civil servant, colonial administrator, governor.6

  • 1932 to 1934Governor of Northern Rhodesia5
  • 1926 to 1932Governor of British Cyprus5
  • Date not recordedFounded Pro-Jerusalem Society4
  • Date not recordedMember of London County Council5

Personal life

  • BornNov 19, 1881, Bury St Edmunds7
  • DiedNov 1, 1955, London8
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland9
  • SpouseLouisa Lucy Littleton married 192310

In 1923, Storrs married Louisa Lucy Storrs (née Littleton, formerly Clowes).

On 1 November 1955, Storrs died at St Stephen's Hospital in Chelsea aged 73. Storrs is buried at St John the Baptist Church, in Pebmarsh, Essex.

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Awards

  • 1929Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George11 12
  • 1919Commander of the Order of the British Empire11
  • 1919Commander of the Order of the Redeemer11
  • 1919commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎11

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