Theodore Samuel Adams

Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885-1961) was a British colonial civil servant.[1]

Theodore Samuel Adams
Adams in July 1948
Born1885
Died1961
NationalityBritish
OccupationColonial civil servant

Adams graduated from All Souls College, University of Oxford and entered the British colonial civil service. His first post was as a cadet in the Federated Malay States in 1908. He then had a succession of more senior appointments in Malaya before becoming Chief Commissioner of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria from 1937.[1]

Adams played a part in the Selangor succession dispute.

References

  1. The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 5.


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