Background
DORMAN, Maurice was born on August 7, 1912 in Stafford. Son of the late John Ehrenfried Dorman and Madeleine Bostock.
DORMAN, Maurice was born on August 7, 1912 in Stafford. Son of the late John Ehrenfried Dorman and Madeleine Bostock.
Sedbergh School, Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Assistant to Lieutenant-Governor Malta 1945. Principal Assistant Secretary, Palestine 1947. Seconded to Colonial Office as Assistant Secretary, Social Services Department 1948.
Director Social Welfare and Community Development, Gold Coast 1950.
Chief Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago 1952, Acting Governor, Trinidad 1954, 1955. Governor, Commander in Chief and Vice-Admiral. of Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone 1956-1961, Governor-General Independent State of Sierra Leone 1961-1962.
Governor and Commander in Chief State of Malta 1962-1964, Governor-General 1964-1971. Deputy Chairman Pearce Commission, on Rhodesia 1972.
Deputy Chairman Ramsbury Building Society 1981-1983, Chairman West of England Building Society 1983-1987, Wiltshire Area Health Authority 1974-1982, Swindon Health Authority 1982-1988.
A Trustee, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth 1972-1985. President Anglo-Sierra Leone Society. Chief Commander, Saint John Ambulance 197580, Lord Prior, Venerable.
Married F. Monica Churchw"ard Smith in 1937.