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| '''Sir Wasey Sterry''', ], ] (26 July 1866 in ] – 9 August 1955 in ]) was a British lawyer and colonial official who served as Acting Governor-General of the ] between 1924 and 1925. | '''Sir Wasey Sterry''', ], ] (26 July 1866 in ] – 9 August 1955 in ]) was a British lawyer and colonial official who served as Acting Governor-General of the ] between 1924 and 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s16108vb31b.xml|title=Catalogue of the papers of W. Sterry|work=]|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> | ||
| == Life == | == Life == | ||
| Wasey Sterry, son of the clergyman Reverend Francis Sterry and Augusta Emily Middleton, was born 26 July 1866 and baptized six days later in Stockland, Devon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Create an account today |url=https://www.findmypast.com/register?nextPage=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.findmypast.com%2frecord%3fid%3dGBPRS%2fDEV%2f007271201%2f00129%26parentid%3dGBPRS%2fDEV%2fBAP%2f766185&fulfillmentTypeKey=0 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.findmypast.com |language=en}}</ref> He was ] as ] (Kt) in the ], so that from then on he bore the ] "Sir".<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33007 |date=30 December 1924 |pages=1–10 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=14144 |pages=814|date= 14 July 1925}}</ref> | |||
| Wasey Sterry, son of the clergyman Reverend Francis Sterry and Augusta Emily Middleton, attended the prestigious ], founded in 1440, from 1878 to 1885 and then began studying ] ''(Litterae humaniores)'' at ] of the ]. He completed his ] in 1889 with a ] (BA), while he completed his ] in 1892 with a ] (MA). At the same time, in 1892 he was ] as a ] at the ] of '']'' and subsequently began working as a ]. In 1901 he joined the ] and was sent to the ] to serve as a judge in the courts. Sudan was controlled at that time under the ''Anglo-Egyptian Condominium'' declared in 1899, which gave Sudan a separate political status in which sovereignty was shared jointly by the ] and the ]. The military and civil government of Sudan was entrusted to a Governor-General, appointed by the ] but nominated by the British government. In fact, however, there was no equal partnership between Great Britain and Egypt in Sudan, as the British dominated from the start. In 1907 Sterry was awarded the ] Third Class by Khedive ]. In 1915 he was appointed Chief Justice of Sudan, before serving as Legal Secretary to the colonial government of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1917 and 1926. For his services, he was appointed ] of the ] (CBE) in the ]. The first manifestations of Sudanese ] occurred in 1921, when ] founded the '']'' and was arrested for nationalist agitation. In 1924, he founded the '']'' ({{langx|ar|جمعية اللواء الأبيض}}) with ], which was dedicated to expelling the British from Sudan. In June and August 1924, during the {{ill|Sudan Crisis|de|Sudankrise}}, demonstrations took place in ], but were suppressed. | |||
| ⚫ | Sterry was a judge of the ] ''(His Majesty's Supreme Court for Egypt)'' from 1928 to 1938, having settled in Cairo after leaving Khartoum. During this time he was awarded the ] Second Class. After his retirement in 1938 he settled in England. | ||
| After Governor-General ] was fatally wounded in an assassination attempt by ] on 19 November 1924 in ] and died on the following day, Sterry became Acting Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on 21 November 1924. He remained in this post until 5 January 1925, after which ] formally became the new Governor-General.<ref>A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS, p. 1217</ref> For his services he was ] as ] (Kt) in the ], so that from then on he bore the ] "Sir".<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33007 |date=30 December 1924 |pages=1–10 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=14144 |pages=814|date= 14 July 1925}}</ref> | |||
| == Publications == | |||
| ⚫ | Sterry was a judge of the ] ''(His Majesty's Supreme Court for Egypt)'' from 1928 to 1938, having settled in Cairo after leaving |
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| * ''The Eton College Register, 1441–1698'', 1943 | * ''The Eton College Register, 1441–1698'', 1943 | ||
| * '']''. London: Methuen, 1898. Print. Via the ]. | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| * {{Web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713212514/https://www.sterryworldwide.com/sirwasey.htm |title=SIR WASEY STERRY}} | * {{Web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713212514/https://www.sterryworldwide.com/sirwasey.htm |title=SIR WASEY STERRY}} | ||
| * {{cite web|access-date=2024-12-30 |title=Sterry, Sir Wasey |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-243319?rskey=2UlDoO&result=1 |work=]}} | * {{cite web|access-date=2024-12-30 |title=Sterry, Sir Wasey |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-243319?rskey=2UlDoO&result=1 |work=]}} | ||
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British lawyer and colonial official (1866–1955)
Sir Wasey Sterry, Kt, CBE (26 July 1866 in Stockland, Devon – 9 August 1955 in Windsor, Berkshire) was a British lawyer and colonial official who served as Acting Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1924 and 1925.
Life
Wasey Sterry, son of the clergyman Reverend Francis Sterry and Augusta Emily Middleton, was born 26 July 1866 and baptized six days later in Stockland, Devon. He was ennobled as Knight Bachelor (Kt) in the 1925 New Year Honours, so that from then on he bore the predicate "Sir".
Sterry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Egypt (His Majesty's Supreme Court for Egypt) from 1928 to 1938, having settled in Cairo after leaving Khartoum. During this time he was awarded the Order of the Nile Second Class. After his retirement in 1938 he settled in England.
Publications
- The Eton College Register, 1441–1698, 1943
- Annals Of The King's College Of Our Lady Of Eton Beside Windsor. London: Methuen, 1898. Print. Via the Internet Archive.
References
- "Catalogue of the papers of W. Sterry". Durham University Library. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- "Create an account today". www.findmypast.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1924. pp. 1–10.
- "No. 14144". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 July 1925. p. 814.
External links
- SIR WASEY STERRY at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-07-13)
- "Sterry, Sir Wasey". Who's Who. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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