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O’BRIEN, SIR GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL, brother of James Thomas O’Brien (qv); b. 5 Nov 1844; at Marlborough Coll. Feb 1856 – Easter 1858; adm. 3 Jun 1858 (G); QS 1859; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1862; gave evidence before Public Schools Commission 3 Feb 1863 (Parliamentary Papers, 1864, xxi, 495-504); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1863 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 3 Jun 1863, matr. 1864; Ceylon Civil Service 1867; Police Magistrate, Harrispattu Jan 1869; acting Second Assistant Colonial Secretary Feb 1870, Principal Assistant Sep 1876; Treasurer, Ceylon Aug 1886-90, Controller of the Revenue 1890-1; Colonial Secretary, Cyprus 1891-2, Hong Kong 1892-5; Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, and Consul-General, Western Pacific Islands, 1897-1902; CMG 24 May 1889; KCMG 26 May 1894; benefactor; d. 12 Apr 1906.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.