Herbert Reginald McClure

Herbert Reginald McClure, (23 March 1883 – 1 January 1925) was a British Colonial Service administrator. He joined the Royal Navy and was appointed as Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1898.^[1] He trained as an officer cadet at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, when the wooden hulk HMS Britannia was the barracks. He "passed out" (graduated) following examinations in April 1899.^[3]

Herbert Reginald McClure
Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
In office April 1920 – 1 January 1925
Preceded by	Edward Carlyon Eliot
Succeeded by	Arthur Grimble
Personal details
Born	23 March 1883[1]
Died	1 January 1925[2] Sydney, Australia
Nationality	British
Occupation	Colonial Service

He joined the Colonial Service. He was appointed as the District Commissioner of Nyeri in Kenya in 1914.^[4] He was appointed as officer in charge of the Masai Reserve in Kenya in 1920.^[5] He was appointed Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in February 1922. He died in Sydney, Australian on 1 January 1925 while staying at the Wentworth Hotel.^[2]

Selected works

• McClure, Herbert Reginald (1 January 1925). Land-travel and seafaring: A frivolous record of twenty years wanderings. London: Hutchinson & Co. ASIN B00086ZQW8.