Percival Fynn

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Percival Fynn

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{{Short description|Rhodesian diplomat & politician (1872-1940)}}
{{Short description|Rhodesian diplomat & politician (1872-1940)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sir Percival Flynn
| office = [[Minister of Internal Affairs (Rhodesia)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]
| office = [[Minister of Internal Affairs (Rhodesia)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Parliament of Rhodesia]] for [[Hatcliffe (constituency)|Salisbury North]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Parliament of Rhodesia]] for [[Hatcliffe (constituency)|Salisbury North]]
| termstart2 = 1924
| termstart2 = 1924
| termend2 = 1934
| termend2 = 1934
| party = [[United Rhodesia Party]]
| party = [[United Rhodesia Party]]
| birth_date = 16 August 1872
| birth_date = 16 August 1872
| death_date = 25 April 1940 (aged 67)
| death_date = 25 April 1940 (aged 67)
| term_start = 13 November 1935
| term_start = 13 November 1935
| term_end = 3 October 1939
| term_end = 3 October 1939
| primeminister = [[Godfrey Huggins]]
| primeminister = [[Godfrey Huggins]]
| successor = [[Harry Davies (politician)|Harry Davies]]
| successor = [[Harry Davies (politician)|Harry Davies]]
| predecessor = [[Vernon Arthur Lewis]]
| predecessor = [[Vernon Arthur Lewis]]
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| honorific_suffix = OBE
| honorific_suffix = OBE
}}
}}


[[Sir]] '''Percival Donald Leslie Fynn''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (16 August 1872 – 25 April 1940) was a [[Rhodesia|Rhodesian]] diplomat and politician.{{Cite news |date=1940-04-26 |title=SIR PERCIVAL FYNN, 67; RHODESIAN DIPLOMAT; Minister of Internal Affairs Since 1935 Dies in Salisbury |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/26/archives/sir-percival-fynn-67-rhodesian-diplomat-minister-of-internal.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |issn=0362-4331}}
'''Sir''' '''Percival Donald Leslie Fynn''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (16 August 1872 – 25 April 1940) was a [[Rhodesia|Rhodesian]] diplomat and politician.{{Cite news |date=1940-04-26 |title=SIR PERCIVAL FYNN, 67; RHODESIAN DIPLOMAT; Minister of Internal Affairs Since 1935 Dies in Salisbury |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/26/archives/sir-percival-fynn-67-rhodesian-diplomat-minister-of-internal.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |issn=0362-4331}}


He was Treasurer in the [[First Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia]].
He was Treasurer in the [[First Cabinet of Southern Rhodesia]].
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