Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly (1882–1966) was a senior British diplomat and colonial governor, active in the government of Aden between 1908 and 1940, and the first

Governor of Aden This is a list of British Empire, British colonial administrators of Aden from the 1839 Aden Expedition to the 1967 withdrawal from Aden. They were appointed from British Raj, British India until 1937 when the Chief Commissioner's Province of ...

between 1937 and 1940.

Biography

Born on 25 March 1882 in

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, Sir Bernard Reilly was educated at Bedford School and entered the British Indian Army in 1902. He transferred to the political department in 1908 and was sent to Aden, then controlled by the Bombay Presidency. Aden Centennial 1939

Reilly was appointed Resident in Aden between 1931 and 1932, Chief Commissioner of Aden (after the administration of Aden was transferred to the Government of

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) between 1932 and 1937, and Governor of Aden (after Aden became a British colony under the control of the

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in London) between 1937 and 1940. In 1940, Reilly left Aden to join the Colonial Office, and spent the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

in London. Sir Bernard Reilly died in London on 28 October 1966 and was buried at Winchester.Obituary, ''

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'', 31 October 1966, p.12

References

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