| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Theodore Samuel Adams | |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Death Date: | 1961 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Colonial civil servant |
Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961) was a British colonial civil servant.[1]
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.[1]
Adams played a part in the Selangor succession dispute.