Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885–1961) was a British colonial civil servant.^[1]

Sir Theodore Samuel Adams
Adams in July 1948
Born	1885
Died	1961
Nationality	British
Occupation	Colonial civil servant

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. 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.