Arthur Havelock
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock (born February 21, 1844 in Bath , England , † June 25, 1908 ibid) was a British colonial official and governor of Sierra Leone , Trinidad , Natal , Madras , Ceylon and Tasmania .
Life
Havelock, a nephew of Henry Havelock , was born in 1844, the fifth son of Lieutenant Colonel William Havelock and Caroline Elizabeth Chaplin. In the same year his family moved to India , where his father commanded an equestrian regiment ( 14th King's Hussars ) and died in the Battle of Ramnagar in the Second Sikh War in 1848 . Subsequently, his family briefly returned to England, but settled in Udagamandalam , India, in 1850 . Havelock attended school there.
In 1860 he began studying at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst . After his promotion to lieutenant on April 10, 1866, he was stationed in Gibraltar , Mauritius and the Cape Colony . In 1873 he became aide-de-camp for the governor of Mauritius. From 1874 he was used in various posts within the colonial administration of the Seychelles and later on the Fiji Islands .
In March 1877 he left the army with the rank of captain and entered the civilian administration of the colonies. First he was sent to the West Indies , where he became President of Nevis . In 1878 he came to Saint Lucia as an administrator , then to the Seychelles . In February 1881 he was entrusted with his first governor post in Sierra Leone. In 1885 he was appointed governor of Trinidad . In 1886 he became governor of Natal and in 1890 of Ceylon. From 1896 to 1900 he was finally governor of Madras.
After his return to England he was offered other governor posts, which he had to decline due to his poor health. Havelock eventually accepted the offer as governor of Tasmania and arrived there on November 8, 1901. His health deteriorated in the following years and he resigned after two and a half years on January 6, 1904. In April of the same year Havelock left Hobart and returned to England. There he settled in Torquay . After the death of his wife Anne Grace in early 1908, Havelock himself died on June 25th.
Awards
- Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1884)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1895)
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1896)
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (1901)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Frederick Pinkett |
Governor of Sierra Leone 1881–1884 |
Francis Frederick Pinkett |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havelock, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Havelock, Arthur Elibank (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British governor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bath , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1908 |
| Place of death | Bath , England |