Horace Archer Byatt
Sir Horace Archer Byatt (March 22, 1875 , † April 8, 1933 ) was a British administrative officer who was used in various colonies in the course of his working life.
Life
Byatt began his professional career in colonial service in Nyasaland in 1899 . From July 1911 to 1914 he was Commissioner in British Somaliland and became Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar in May 1914 . In 1915 he became the lieutenant governor of Malta .
After the British armed forces occupied the northern part of Tanganyika in World War I , which until then had been under German administration as part of German East Africa , he was commissioned with the general administration of the British-occupied area from October 9, 1916. On January 1, 1918, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George . After Tanganyika was completely assigned to the British in 1919, he became Tanganyika’s first governor on July 22, 1920 . He officially held this office until March 5, 1925. In 1924 he married the nurse Olga Campbell from the Scottish family Campbell of Arduaine . From the marriage the common sons named Hugh , Robin and David emerged. From 1924 he was also governor and commander-in-chief of Trinidad and Tobago and was represented in Tanganyika by John Scott . In 1930 he was replaced as Governor of Trinidad and Tobagos by Sir Alfred Claud Hollis . On January 1, 1930, he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.
In England he lived in Meesden Hall in Meesden near Buntingford in Hertfordshire .
Web links
- Photo at www.npg.org.uk
- Sir Horace Archer Byatt on thepeerage.com , accessed September 24, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ British Somaliland
- ^ Robert A. Hill, Marcus Garvey, Barbara Bair: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association: November 1927 – August 1940 1991, p. 275 (English).
- ↑ a b Knights and Dames: BUL-COL at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ↑ Olga Byatt (née Campbell) and the Endell Street Hospital , November 10, 2008 (English).
- ^ Tanganyika Administrators .
- ↑ Sir Horace Byatt (English).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| - |
Governor of Tanganyika 1920–1925 previously since 1916 administrator from 1924 represented by John Scott |
Donald Charles Cameron |
| Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson |
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1924–1930 |
Sir Alfred Claud Hollis |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Byatt, Horace Archer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British colonial governor of Tanganyika and Trinidad and Tobago |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1875 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1933 |