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Sir Malcolm Stevenson (15 March 1878 – 27 November 1927) was a British colonial administrator. He served as the
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, and later as the
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. Stevenson was born in
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,
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, and educated at
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and
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, from which he graduated in 1901. He entered the
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in that year, rising to Second Assistant Colonial Secretary in May 1911. From December 1912 to October 1913 he was seconded to the
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in
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, but then returned to
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as private secretary to
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Sir Robert Chalmers. In 1914 he married Chalmers's daughter, Mabel, and in 1915 he was promoted to Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary. In May 1917, Stevenson was appointed Chief Secretary of
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, in which post he administered the government from November 1918 to August 1920, when he was appointed High Commissioner. In May 1925, when Cyprus was given the status of a
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, he became the first
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, holding the post until November 1926. In May 1927, he was appointed
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, but died suddenly just six months later. Stevenson was appointed
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(CMG) in the 1920
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and
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(KCMG) in the 1923
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. He died on 27 November 1927 in the
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.


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'', 28 November 1927 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Malcolm 1878 births 1927 deaths People from Lisburn Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Colonial Administrative Service officers Governors of British Cyprus Governors of British Seychelles Irish knights Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Methodist College Belfast Colonial secretaries of Cyprus