Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-1980

found: OCLC database, 1/5/96(hdg.: Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-1980; Burns, Alan, Sir, 1887-; Burns, Alan Cuthbert, Sir, 1887-; usage: Sir Alan Burns, A.C. Burns)

found: Address delivered by his Excellency the Governor ... on the occasion of the opening of the 1947 session of the Legislative Council on the 18th March, 1947, 1947:t.p. (Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns)

found: The British Empire Website, Sept. 10, 2015(Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns (b. Nov. 9, 1887, Basseterre, St. Kitts - Sept. 29, 1980, London) was a British colonial administrator and governor; in 1912 Burns became supervisor of customs in Nigeria, and served in Koko and Lagos; was colonial secretary of the Bahamas from 1924 to 1929; Governor of British Honduras, 1934-1939; Governor of the Gold Coast, 1942-1947; Burns was also a scholar-administrator, a scrupulous and hard-working official, he also delved into African history, so that his well-travelled career was marked by a number of authoritative books) - http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/britishhonduras/alanmaxwellburns.htm