Harry Cordeaux
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Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux KCMG CB (15 November 1870 – 2 July 1943) was an Indian Army officer and colonial administrator who became in turn governor of Uganda, Saint Helena and the Bahamas.
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Major Sir Harry Cordeaux | |
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Commissioner of British Somaliland | |
In office 8 May 1906 – 1909 | |
Preceded by | Eric John Eagles Swayne |
Succeeded by | William Henry Manning |
Commissioner of Uganda | |
In office 1 Feb 1910 – 18 Oct 1910 | |
Preceded by | Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell |
Governor of Uganda | |
In office 18 Oct 1910 – 1911 | |
Succeeded by | Frederick John Jackson |
Governor of Saint Helena | |
In office 1912–1920 | |
Preceded by | Henry Galway |
Succeeded by | Robert Francis Peel |
Governor of the Bahamas | |
In office 8 December 1920 – 1926 | |
Monarch | George V |
Preceded by | William Lamond Allardyce |
Succeeded by | Charles William James Orr |
Personal details | |
Born | Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux 15 November 1870 Poona, India |
Died | 2 July 1943 (1943-07-03) (aged 72) |
Citizenship | British |
Spouse | Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (m. 1912) |
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