James Dundas Harford

Sir James Dundas Harford KBE CMG ( January 7, 1899 - November 26, 1993 ) was a British diplomat who is known for his service as Governor of Saint Helena from 1954 to 1958.

Life

A direct descendant of John Scandrett Harford at Blaise Castle , he was educated at Repton School and Balliol College , Oxford . Before studying, he took part in the First World War as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment and was deployed in France from 1917 to 1918 . After graduation, he first took a position as a school master at Eton College (1922-1926) before he joined the Colonial Administration Service and was initially posted to a post in Nigeria (1926-1934).

Then he took over the following offices one after the other:

• Administrator of the Government of Antigua and Federal Secretary of the Leeward Islands (1936–1940);
• Administrator of St. Kitts and Nevis (1940-1946);
• Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (at various times between 1937 and 1946);
• Service in the Colonial Office (1946–1947);
• Colonial Secretary of Mauritius (1948-1953);
• Acting Governor of Mauritius (1948–1950);
• Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Saint Helena (1954-1958);

Honors

He received the Order of St Michael and St George (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George) in 1943 and in 1956 the Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire).

The Harford Middle School in Saint Helena is named after him.

family

Harford was married twice:

1. March 14, 1932, Countess Thelma Alberta Louisa Evelyne Metaxà († October 22, 1934), sister of the 9th Count Metaxà , and only daughter of Count Andrea Francis Albert Cochrane Metaxà RNR ; with her he had a son.
2. February 20, 1937, Lilias Madeline († December 9, 2006), eldest daughter of Major Archibald Campbell AEC ; with her he had two daughters.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harford Middle School ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 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. 

literature

• Metaxà . In: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Privy Council and Order of Precedence , 96th (Coronation honors). Edition, Shaw Publishing in conjunction with Burke's Peerage, London 1938, pp. 2689-2690.

• Harford of Horton . In: Peter Townend (Ed.) (Ed.): Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry , 18th. Edition, Burke's Peerage, London 1965, pp. Vol. I, pp. 367-370.

• Campbell, formerly of Auchendarroch and Inverawe . In: Peter Townend (Ed.) (Ed.): Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry , 18th. Edition, Burke's Peerage, London 1972, pp. Vol. III, pp. 140-141.

• John Jones and Catherine Willbery (Edd.) (Eds.): The Balliol College Register (1940–1990) , 6th. Edition, printed for private circulation, 1993.

Web links

• Harford Middle School