Francis Charles Fuller
Sir Francis Charles Bernard Dudley Fuller, CMG, KBE (1866–1944) was the chief commissioner to the Ashanti Empire during World War I.
He joined the Colonial Service in 1884. He was posted to Fiji as his first assignment. He was appointed chief commissioner to the Ashanti Region in 1908.[1][2]
He was awarded the CMG in the 1906 Birthday Honours.[1]
In 1916 he was aboard the British liner, the SS Appam and was detained by the Germans off of the coast of Africa.[3] In 1921 he published A Vanished Dynasty: Ashanti.[1]
He was awarded a KBE in 1919.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Sir Francis Fuller (1921). A Vanished Dynasty - Ashanti. ISBN 9781136249709.
- ^ Other sources use 1905
- ^ "Fear Liner Is Lost, With 300 On Board. British Steamer Appam, from West Africa for England, Now Long Overdue. London Shipping Circles Believe Vessel Has Been Sunk. Several Notables on Board". New York Times. January 29, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
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