Des Vœux, Wm. 1834-1909
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Name (Latin)
Des Vœux, Wm. 1834-1909
Other forms of name
Des Vœux, G. William (George William), 1834-1909
Des Vœux, George William, 1834-1909
Des Vœux, William, 1834-1909
Vœux, Wm. des (William), 1834-1909
Date of birth
1834-09-22
Date of death
1909-12-15
Associated country
British Guiana
Canada
Fiji
Great Britain
Hong Kong (China)
Newfoundland
Occupation
Governors
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Concise dictionary of national biography, 1901-1970, 1982(Des Vœux, Sir (George) William (1834-1909), colonial governor; born at Baden of Huguenot descent; educated at Charterhouse and Balliol College, Oxford; went to Toronto, 1856; practiced at bar; became stipendiary magistrate in British Guiana where he championed natives, 1863; administrator of St. Lucia (1869-78) reorganized and codified old French system of law; governor of Fiji, 1880-5; Newfoundland, 1886, and Hong Kong, 1887-91; GCMG, 1893)
- His Chinese labour in the Transvaal [MI] 1906:p. 594 (Wm. Des Vœux)
- My colonial service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia, Newfoundland, and Hong Kong, with interludes, 1903:title page (Sir G. William Des Vœux, G.C.M.G.)
- NUC pre-56(access point: Des Vœux, Sir George William, 1834-1909; usage: Sir G. William Des Vœux)
- Wikipedia, viewed May 14, 2015(William Des Vœux; Sir George William Des Vœux; born on 22 September 1834 in Baden-Baden, Germany; of French descent; left Balliol College without a degree and finished his BA at the University of Toronto; died in London on 15 December 1909)