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	\|honorific-prefix = ~~Sir~~		\| honorific-prefix =
	\|name = Harvey Adamson		\| name = Sir Harvey Adamson
	\|honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India\|KCSI]]		\| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India\|KCSI]]
	\|image =		\| image =
	\|office = [[List of colonial heads of Burma\|Lieutenant Governor of Burma]]		\| office = [[List of colonial heads of Burma\|Lieutenant-Governor of Burma]]
	\|term_start = 19 May 1910		\| term_start = 19 May 1910
	\|term_end = 28 October 1915		\| term_end = 28 October 1915
	\|monarch =		\| monarch =
	\|predecessor = [[Herbert Thirkell White]]		\| predecessor = [[Herbert Thirkell White]]
	\|successor = [[George Shaw (civil servant)\|George Shaw]]		\| successor = [[George Shaw (civil servant)\|George Shaw]]
	\|birth_date = 1854		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1854\|10\|07\|df=y}}
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	\|death_date = {{~~d-da~~\|1941\|1854\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1941\|03\|28\|1854\|10\|07\|df=y}}
	\|death_place =		\| death_place =
	\|nationality = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\|British]]		\| nationality = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\|British]]
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	\|occupation = [[Administrator of the Government\|Administrator]]		\| occupation = [[Administrator of the Government\|Administrator]]
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	[[File:The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard.jpg\|thumb\|The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard]]		[[File:The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard.jpg\|thumb\|The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard]]
	'''Sir Harvey Adamson''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI}} (~~1854–1941~~) of the [[Indian Civil Service]], an Ordinary Member of the Council of the [[Governor-General of India]]~~, served as~~ [[British rule in Burma\|Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma]] from May 1910 to October 1915, save for an interim period in 1913, when [[Sir George Shaw]] took the post.		'''Sir Harvey Adamson''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCSI}} (7 October 1854 – 28 March 1941) was a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]] who served as an Ordinary Member of the Council of the [[Governor-General of India]] and [[British rule in Burma\|Lieutenant-Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma]] from May 1910 to October 1915, save for an interim period in 1913, when [[Sir George Shaw]] took the post.

	==Life==		==Life==
	He was ~~born on 7 October 1854~~.		The son of the Rev. Alexander Adamson of Kinnermit, Harvey Adamson was educated at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen and Aberdeen University, where he was Fullerton Scholar in Mathematics in 1873 and Ferguson Scholar in Mathematics in 1874.

	~~Adamson~~ was ~~appointed Knight Commander~~ of the ~~[[Order of~~ the ~~Star of India]] (K.C.S.I.) in 1910~~.		He entered the Indian Civil Service by examination in 1875 and joined the Burma Commission in 1877. He was an assistant commissioner in Burma from 1877 to 1879, settlement officer from 1880 to 1885, deputy commissioner from 1886 to 1893, and commissioner from 1894 to 1899, chiefly of the Mandalay Division. From 1900 to 1905, he was judicial commissioner for Upper Burma, and from 1897 to 1900 he was lieutenant-colonel commanding, Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, receiving the Burma Medal.

	He was ~~Lt Governor~~ of [[~~Burma~~]] from 1910 to 1915.<ref>{{~~cite web~~ \|title=~~Sir Harvey Adamson (1854-1941) - Find A Grave...~~ \|~~url~~=~~https:~~/~~/www.findagrave.com/memorial/126519246/harvey-adamson~~ \|~~website~~=~~www.findagrave.com~~ \|~~access-~~date=~~8 July 2021~~ \|~~language~~=en}}</ref>		From 1903 to 1905, Adamson was an additional member of the [[Council of the Governor General of India\|Council of the Governor-General of India]], become serving as Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma from 1905 to 1906. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Burma from 1910 to 1915, and an ordinary member of the Council of the Governor-General of India from 1906 to 1910.

			Adamson was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) in the [[1903 Durbar Honours]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=The Durbar Honours \|date=1 January 1903 \|page=8 \|issue=36966}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27511\|date=1 January 1903 \|page=2 \|supp=y}}</ref> knighted in 1906 and promoted to KCSI in 1910.

	He died on 18 March 1941. He is buried in the churchyard of [[St Machar's Cathedral]] in [[Old Aberdeen]]. The grave lies on the north side of the church.		He died on 18 March 1941. He is buried in the churchyard of [[St Machar's Cathedral]] in [[Old Aberdeen]]. The grave lies on the north side of the church.

			The steamship the "Sir Harvey Adamson" was launched on the [[River Clyde]] in 1914, built for the British India Steam Navigation Company by A & J Inglis.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Screw Steamer SIR HARVEY ADAMSON built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd. in 1914 for British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Passenger / Cargo \|url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=10079 \|access-date=8 July 2021 \|website=www.clydeships.co.uk}}</ref> The ship and 269 passengers went missing at sea in 1947.<ref>{{cite web \|title=WRECKSITE - SIR HARVEY ADAMSON PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP 1914-1947 \|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30947 \|access-date=8 July 2021 \|website=www.wrecksite.eu}}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==
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	He married Jane Charlotte Leslie (~~1870-1953~~).		He married Jane Charlotte Leslie (1870–1953) in 1892; they had one son and one daughter. Their son, Maurice Leslie Adamson, was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in the [[First World War]]. Their daughter, Isabel, married [[William John Keith\|Sir William John Keith]], colonial administrator in Burma.

	Their son Maurice Leslie Adamson was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in the [[First World War]].

	~~His~~ daughter Isabel married [[William John Keith\|Sir William John Keith]], colonial administrator in Burma.

	~~==Recognition==~~

	The steamship the "Sir Harvey Adamson" was launched on the [[River Clyde]] in 1914, built for the British India Steam Navigation Company by A & J Inglis.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Screw Steamer SIR HARVEY ADAMSON built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd. in 1914 for British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Passenger / Cargo \|url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=10079 \|website=www.clydeships.co.uk \|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> The ship and 269 passengers went missing at sea in 1947.<ref>{{cite web \|title=WRECKSITE - SIR HARVEY ADAMSON PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP 1914-1947 \|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30947 \|website=www.wrecksite.eu \|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

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	~~\|after=Sir [[Sir George Shaw\|George Shaw]]}}~~
	~~{{s-end}}~~

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{{Short description|British administrator in Burma}}
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|honorific-prefix = Sir
|name = Harvey Adamson
|honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]]
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|office = [[List of colonial heads of Burma|Lieutenant Governor of Burma]]
|term_start = 19 May 1910
|term_end = 28 October 1915
|monarch =
|predecessor = [[Herbert Thirkell White]]
|successor = [[George Shaw (civil servant)|George Shaw]]
|birth_date = 1854
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{d-da|1941|1854|df=y}}
|death_place =
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|occupation = [[Administrator of the Government|Administrator]]
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[[File:The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard.jpg|thumb|The grave of Sir Harvey Adamson, St Machar's Cathedral churchyard]]
'''Sir Harvey Adamson''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (1854–1941) of the [[Indian Civil Service]], an Ordinary Member of the Council of the [[Governor-General of India]], served as [[British rule in Burma|Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma]] from May 1910 to October 1915, save for an interim period in 1913, when [[Sir George Shaw]] took the post.

==Life==
He was born on 7 October 1854.

Adamson was appointed Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (K.C.S.I.) in 1910.

He was Lt Governor of [[Burma]] from 1910 to 1915.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Harvey Adamson (1854-1941) - Find A Grave... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126519246/harvey-adamson |website=www.findagrave.com |access-date=8 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

He died on 18 March 1941. He is buried in the churchyard of [[St Machar's Cathedral]] in [[Old Aberdeen]]. The grave lies on the north side of the church.

==Family==

He married Jane Charlotte Leslie (1870-1953).

Their son Maurice Leslie Adamson was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in the [[First World War]].

His daughter Isabel married [[William John Keith|Sir William John Keith]], colonial administrator in Burma.

==Recognition==

The steamship the "Sir Harvey Adamson" was launched on the [[River Clyde]] in 1914, built for the British India Steam Navigation Company by A & J Inglis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Screw Steamer SIR HARVEY ADAMSON built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd. in 1914 for British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Passenger / Cargo |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=10079 |website=www.clydeships.co.uk |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> The ship and 269 passengers went missing at sea in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=WRECKSITE - SIR HARVEY ADAMSON PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP 1914-1947 |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30947 |website=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

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{{succession box|title=[[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[British Crown Colony]] of [[Burma]]|years=1910–1915|before=Sir [[Herbert Thirkell White]]
|after=Sir [[Sir George Shaw|George Shaw]]}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar.htm Chronology of Myanmar]

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