Cornelius Alfred Moloney

Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney KCMG ( 1848 - August 13, 1913 ) was a British colonial administrator .

Life

He served as British administrator of Gambia from 1884 to 1886 , Governor of Lagos from 1886 to 1890 , Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to 1897 , Governor of the Windward Islands from 1897 to 1900, and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1901 and 1904 . During his tenure in 1903 the Water Riots took place in Trinidad and Tobago , violent protests against the increase in water prices. Protesters burned the parliament building in Port of Spain and the police shot and killed 16 demonstrators. As a result of the unrest, Moloney was removed from office.

Awards and honors

In 1882 he was accepted as a Companion (CMG) in the Order of St. Michael and St. George and in 1890 knighted as Knight Commander of the same Order (KCMG) .

The Moloney's narrow-winged bat ( Mimetillus moloneyi ) is named after him.

family

Moloney was married twice, since 1881 first marriage to Constance († 1891), daughter of W. Clifford Knight, and from 1897 in second marriage to Frances, daughter of H. Owen Lewis.

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 387 .
^ ^A ^b Moloney, Sir Cornelius Alfred, (1848-13 Aug. 1913), Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, 1900-07 WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. In: ukwhoswho.com. Accessed August 11, 2019 .
↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals . JHU Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3 , pp. 281 ( books.google.de ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury	Administrator of Gambia 1884–1886	Sir James Shaw Hay
Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy	Governor of British Honduras 1891–1897	Sir David Wilson

personal data
SURNAME	Moloney, Cornelius Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	1848
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1913

[1] Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 387 .

[ukwhoswho-2] A ^b Moloney, Sir Cornelius Alfred, (1848-13 Aug. 1913), Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, 1900-07 WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. In: ukwhoswho.com. Accessed August 11, 2019 .

[3] Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals . JHU Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3 , pp. 281 ( books.google.de ).