Sir John Christian Ramsay Sturrock CMG (20 March 1875 – 13 February 1937) was a British colonial administrator. He served as Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, from 1926 to 1935. [1] [2] [3]
Sturrock was born in Madras, British India, the second son of John Sturrock CIE of Dundee, Scotland, and his wife, Regina Mary Dobbie, daughter of Gen. George Staple Dobbie. [4] [5] He was educated at Charterhouse School. He graduated B.A. at Balliol College, Oxford in 1898, M.A. in 1902. [1] [6] [7]
Sturrock acted as tutor to Daudi Cwa II of Buganda, a government appointment, and accompanied him to England in 1913. [2] [8] [9] He was appointed a District Commissioner in Uganda in 1914; and Provincial Commissioner in 1922. [1] In the early 1920s he helped set up dispensaries in Uganda. [10]
Described as "progressive" by Gill, Sturrock began a programme of reform in what is now Lesotho in the 1920s. [11] He made a good impression on Margery Perham, a visitor to Basutoland around the end of 1929. [12] He took the view that indirect rule had not been applied effectively; and initiated judicial and administrative reform measures that were applied over a period of a dozen years. [13]
In 1935, Sturrock was replaced as Resident Commissioner by Edmund Charles Smith Richards. [3]
Sturrock married on 19 April 1917 Blanche Elizabeth Walker, third daughter of Daniel Houston Walker of Middlesbrough. [6]
Sir John Christian Ramsay Sturrock CMG (20 March 1875 – 13 February 1937) was a British colonial administrator. He served as Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, from 1926 to 1935. [1] [2] [3]
Sturrock was born in Madras, British India, the second son of John Sturrock CIE of Dundee, Scotland, and his wife, Regina Mary Dobbie, daughter of Gen. George Staple Dobbie. [4] [5] He was educated at Charterhouse School. He graduated B.A. at Balliol College, Oxford in 1898, M.A. in 1902. [1] [6] [7]
Sturrock acted as tutor to Daudi Cwa II of Buganda, a government appointment, and accompanied him to England in 1913. [2] [8] [9] He was appointed a District Commissioner in Uganda in 1914; and Provincial Commissioner in 1922. [1] In the early 1920s he helped set up dispensaries in Uganda. [10]
Described as "progressive" by Gill, Sturrock began a programme of reform in what is now Lesotho in the 1920s. [11] He made a good impression on Margery Perham, a visitor to Basutoland around the end of 1929. [12] He took the view that indirect rule had not been applied effectively; and initiated judicial and administrative reform measures that were applied over a period of a dozen years. [13]
In 1935, Sturrock was replaced as Resident Commissioner by Edmund Charles Smith Richards. [3]
Sturrock married on 19 April 1917 Blanche Elizabeth Walker, third daughter of Daniel Houston Walker of Middlesbrough. [6]