Drummond Chaplin

{{Short description|Rhodesian politician (1866–1933)}}

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| order = 5th

| office = Administrator of Southern Rhodesia

| term_start = 1 November 1914

| term_end = 1 September 1923

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| birth_place = Twickenham, London, United Kingdom

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Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin (10 August 1866 – 16 November 1933) served as administrator for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia from 1914 to 1923.Laura E. Nym Mayhall, Ian Christopher Fletcher and Philippa Levine. Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation, and Race, 2000. Page 182.Peter Duignan and Lewis Henry Gann. The Rulers of German Africa, 1884–1914, 1977. Page 137. He succeeded William Milton.Rosenthal, Eric. Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, 1967. Page 105.

Chaplin, born in Twickenham in London, United Kingdom, attended Harrow School, and University College, University of Oxford.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghgraham.org/text/francischaplin1866_obit.html|title=Obituary of Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin|last=Graham|first=George H.|website=www.ghgraham.org|access-date=2016-12-04}}