Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961) was a British colonial civil servant.The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 5.
Adams graduated from All Souls College, University of Oxford and entered the British colonial civil service. His first post was as a cadet in the Federated Malay States in 1908. In 1946, he became an advisor for the Malay kings in Malaya. He then had a succession of more senior appointments in Malaya before becoming Chief Commissioner of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria from 1937.
Adams played a part in the Selangor succession dispute.
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External links Portraits of Adams at the National Portrait Gallery.