Hugh Charles Clifford

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford GCMG GBE (born March 5, 1866 in Roehampton , † December 18, 1941 ibid) was a British colonial governor .

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford

biography

Clifford was the grandson of Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh . His father was Sir Henry Hugh Clifford , a major general in the British Army . From the father's marriage to Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice, seven other siblings emerged, including the future Brigadier General Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford . Hugh Charles Clifford chose a career in public service, which he served from 1883 on the Malay Peninsula , where Sir Frederick Weld , a relative of Clifford, was High Commissioner. From 1887 he was the only British representative in Pahang .

On April 15, 1896, he married his first wife, Minna à Beckett. The marriage later gave birth to their children Hugh Gilbert Francis, Mary Agnes Philippa and Monica Elizabeth Mary. Also in 1896 he became resident in Pahang and held this office until 1899. He then took over the governorship in North Borneo . During his tenure until 1901, the administration of Labuan also fell under the jurisdiction of the governor of North Borneo. In 1901 he became resident of Pahang and in 1903 took over the function of colonial secretary in Trinidad and Tobago . In 1907, the year his first wife Minna died, he was transferred to the post of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon . In 1909 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and on September 24, 1910 he married Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle, née Bonham. He became the stepfather of EM Delafield , who later became known as an author.

From 1912 further assignments followed, until from December 26, 1912 to April 1, 1919 as governor of the Gold Coast , then from August 8, 1919 to November 13, 1925 in Nigeria , from 1925 to 1927 in Ceylon and from 1927 to 1929 in the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Malay States. During the governor's tenure on the Gold Coast, he was represented in a lengthy absence by his deputies William Robertson and later by Alexander Ransford Slater . In 1921 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and in 1925 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire .

Web links

• Newspaper article about Hugh Charles Clifford in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sir Hugh Charles Clifford ( Memento August 13, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) (English), based on the entry on Britanicca.com.
2. ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Malay_states.htm
3. ↑ http://rulers.org/ruln2.html
4. ↑ Governors of the Straits Settlements ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
5. ↑ Sir Hugh Charles Clifford on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Leicester Paul Beaufort	Governor of North Borneo 1900–1901	Ernest Woodford Birch
Herbert Bryan	Governor of the Gold Coast 1912-1919	Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
Sir Frederick Lugard Governor General	Governor of Nigeria 1919–1925	Sir Graeme Thomson
Sir William Henry Manning	Governor of Ceylon 1925–1927	Sir Herbert James Stanley
Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard	Governor of the Straits Settlements 1927–1929	Sir Cecil Clementi