Guy Stanley Wodeman

Guy George Stanley Wodeman CMG (16 July 1886 – 5 May 1970) was a British civil servant, who served as the Chief Secretary of Ceylon between 1940 and 1942.

Guy George Stanley Wodeman was born 16 July 1886 in Stockton, Durham, England, the son of Henry Wodeman (1843 - 1932), rector of St. Peter's Church in Stockton, and Edith Charlotte Ellen née West (1850 - c.1916).

[1] He was the youngest of five boys, Henry Charles Thomas (b.1874), Bertram Howard (b.1875), Arthur Cleveland (b.1877) and Cyril Herbert (b.1881).

On 11 August 1938 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon, a position he held until 22 October.

He remained as Chief Secretary until 7 April 1942, when he retired and was replaced by Sir Robert Drayton.