Background
MAJOR, Francis William was born in 1863. Son of Charles Henry and Frederica Frances Sager Major.
MAJOR, Francis William was born in 1863. Son of Charles Henry and Frederica Frances Sager Major.
The Philberds, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Clerk, Treasury, Trinidad, 1885.
Secretary to Road and Crown Lands Commission, Agricultural Contracts Commission, and Civil Service Commission, Trinidad, 1887-1890. 3rd clerk of Customs, private secretary to Sir W. Robinson, 1888. Supervisor of Customs, Gold Coast, 1891.
Assistant Comptroller of Customs, 1891. Assistant Treasurer, 1891. Comptroller of Customs, 1895.
Sent by Government to W. boundary of Colony to inquire into and report on necessity for establishment of Preventive Service, 1896. To Volta river to organise Preventive Service, 1897. Receiver - general Bermuda, 1899.
Prepared scheme (which was approved by Secretary of State) for improvement of financial administra- 1333 tion of Bermuda. Imperial Service Order, 1910; Chief of Customs, British East Africa, since 1908.
Spouse 1895, Eleanor Laura Louisa Pyner.