Background
Burns, Sir Alan was born on November 9, 1887 in St. Kitts, British West Indies California California. Son of James and Agnes (Delisle) Burns.
Burns, Sir Alan was born on November 9, 1887 in St. Kitts, British West Indies California California. Son of James and Agnes (Delisle) Burns.
Student St. Edmund’s College, Ware, England.
Appointed Colonial Civil Service, 1905, served in Leeward Islands, 1905-1912, Nigeria, 1912-1924, Bahama, 1924-1928, Nigeria, 1929-1934. Appointed Governor of British Honduras, 1934. Assistant under secretary of state for the Colonies, 1950.
Governor of the Gold Coast, 1941. Permanent United Kingdom representative on trusteeship council of United Nations, 1947-1956.
Club: Athenaeum (London).
Married Kathleen Hardtman, May 10, 1914. Children: Benedicta, Barbara.