Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator)
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Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG, GBE (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British colonial administrator.
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Sir Hugh Clifford | |
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19th Governor of the Straits Settlements | |
In office 3 June 1927 – 21 October 1929 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Sir Laurence Guillemard |
Succeeded by | Sir John Scott (Acting) Sir Cecil Clementi |
24th Governor of British Ceylon | |
In office 30 November 1925 – June 1927 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Edward Bruce Alexander (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Arthur George Murchison Fletcher (Acting) |
Governor of Nigeria | |
In office 8 August 1919 – 13 November 1925 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | Sir Frederick Lugard (Governor-General of Nigeria) |
Succeeded by | Sir Graeme Thomson |
Governor of Gold Coast | |
In office 26 December 1912 – 1 April 1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | James Jamieson Thorburn Herbert Bryan (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Alexander Ransford Slater |
Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
In office 11 July 1907 – 24 August 1907 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Preceded by | Henry Arthur Blake |
Succeeded by | Henry Edward McCallum |
Governor of North Borneo | |
In office 1900–1901 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Preceded by | Leicester P. Beaufort |
Succeeded by | Ernest W. Birch |
Personal details | |
Born | (1866-03-05)5 March 1866 Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 18 December 1941(1941-12-18) (aged 75) Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom |
Spouses | |
Children | 3 |
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Profession | Colonial administrator |
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