Sir John Edmund Hugh Boustead (1895-1980) Knight, Colonel, Colonial Administrator
Born 14 April 1895, Royal Naval College, Osborne and Dartmouth; Worcester College, Oxford. Royal Naval service 1913-15; S. African Brigade 1915-19; Gordon Highlanders 1921-24; Sudan Camel Corps 1924-29; Gen. Staff SDF, Khartoum, 1930; Commanded Sudan Camel Corps,1931; retired from Army 1935 and joined Sudan Political Service; District Commissioner Western Desert, Darfur, 1935-40; service in Ethiopia & Eritrea 1941-45; Resident Adviser, Hadhramaut States and British Agent, East Aden Protectorate, Southern Arabia, Oct. 1949-Oct. 1958; Development Secretary to Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, Oct. 1958-Oct. 1961; British Political Agent, Abu Dhabi, Nov. 1961- May 1965. Unmarried. Died 3 April 1980.
From the guide to the Sir John Boustead Collection, 1940-1941; 1949-1961, (Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford)
