Francis Graeme Tyrrell


Sir Francis Graeme Tyrrell was a British colonial administrator. A son of Lieutenant-General Francis Hardinge Tyrrell of the Indian Army, he was the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon and served as an acting Governor of British Ceylon. He was appointed on 20 September 1933 and was acting Governor until 23 December 1933. He was succeeded by Reginald Edward Stubbs.
He was created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
His sister Beatrix Maud was the wife of John Jamieson Willis, Bishop of Uganda.