G ▁( 9 ▁November ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁– ▁ 2 9 ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁civil ▁servant ▁who ▁rose ▁through ▁the ▁ranks ▁to ▁become ▁governor ▁of ▁several ▁colon ies , ▁he ▁also ▁author ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁books ▁on ▁politics ▁and ▁history , ▁including ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁" Col our ▁Pre jud ice ". ▁ ▁Early ▁Life ▁and ▁Family ▁Burn s ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Bass eter re ▁and ▁had ▁seven ▁sib lings . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁James ▁Patrick ▁Burn s ▁and ▁mother ▁Ag nes ▁Z ul ma ▁Del is le ▁Burn s . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁tre as urer ▁of ▁St . ▁Christopher - Ne vis - Ang u illa ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 . ▁Among st ▁his ▁sib lings ▁were ▁brothers ▁Cec il ▁Del is le ▁Burn s , ▁a ▁sec ular ist ▁writer ▁and ▁lect urer , ▁Robert ▁Edward ▁Burn s , ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁Col onial ▁Service ▁and ▁Em ile ▁Burn s ▁a ▁leading ▁British ▁Commun ist . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁Burn s ▁mat ric ulated ▁to ▁St . ▁Edmund ' s ▁College ▁in ▁Old ▁Hall ▁Green ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁leave ▁early ▁as ▁his ▁family ▁could ▁not ▁afford ▁the ▁fe es . ▁His ▁mother ▁died ▁in ▁H ert ford shire ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁married ▁Kath le en ▁Fitz pat rick ▁Hard t man ▁with ▁two ▁daughters ▁named ▁Barbara ▁and ▁Bened ict a . ▁ ▁Career ▁Burn