18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Millicent Helen Langford    
                Born: 17 Aug 1881          in India  1
              Census: 1911                 in Sussex   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1939                 in Sussex  1
                Died: 1976                 in Kent  2 (see note 2)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Hubert Arthur Sams     
       Also known as: Sir Hubert Arthur Sams 3
             Married: 1902                   4
                Born: 1875                 in London  5 (see note 3)
           Education:                      Peterhouse, Cambridge  4 (see note 4)
             Resided: 1937 - 1938          at 246 Hills Road, Trumpington  3 (see note 5)
          Occupation: 1937 - 1938          Bursar of Peterhouse, Councillor of the Borough  3
                Died: 1957                 in Kent  5 (see note 6)
              Father:
              Mother:

Sources:
(1) 1939 Register. 
(2) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(3) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(4) Alumni Cantabrigienses. 
(5) FreeBMD website. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 29, born Kamptee, married with two sons
Note (2) Mar 1976 Tonbridge 16 2738   born 17 Aug 1881
Note (3) Jun 1875 Fulham 1a 224
Note (4) Name: 	Hubert Arthur Sams
College: 	PETERHOUSE
Entered: 	Michs. 1894
BORN: 	1875
More Information: 	Adm. pens. at PETERHOUSE, Oct. 1, 1893. S. of John Henry,
engineer, of Kensington, London. B. May 3, 1875, in London. Schools, Bewsher's
and St Paul's (Fred Walker). Matric. Michs. 1894; Scholar, 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A.
1932. Joined the I.C.S., 1898; Assistant Commissioner, Punjab and N.W. Frontier,
1899. Postmaster-General, E. Bengal and Assam, Bengal, Burma, Central Provinces,
Rajputana and Central India, 1907-17. In the Great War, 1914-19 (Director of
postal services, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; Lieut.-Col., R.E.; C.I.E.,
1919). Postmaster-General, Bombay Presidency, 1920-2. Member, Indian Legislative
Assembly, 1923-31. Deputy Director-General, India Posts and Telegraphs, 1922-7;
Director-General, 1927-31. Knighted, 1931. Fellow and Bursar of Peterhouse,
1932-40. Bursar, Steward and Fellow of Selwyn, 1941-4. Married, Jan. 28, 1902,
Millicent Helen, dau. of the Rev. Robert Langford. Author, The Post Office of
India in the Great War. (Paulines and Old Paulines; T. A. Walker, 629; I.C.S.
Lists; Burke, P. and B.; Who's Who.)
Note (5) Sir Hubert Sams
Note (6) Jun 1957 Tonbridge 5b 815   age 82

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