Matthew Nathan
British soldier and colonial administrator (1862-1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the U.S. Navy surgeon general, see Matthew L. Nathan.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG PC (Ire) (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. He was Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1914 to 1916, and was responsible, with the Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell, for the administration of Ireland in the years immediately preceding the Easter Rising.
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20th Governor of the Gold Coast | |||||||
In office 17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904 | |||||||
Monarch | Victoria | ||||||
Preceded by | Frederick Mitchell Hodgson | ||||||
Succeeded by | John Pickersgill Rodger | ||||||
13th Governor of Hong Kong | |||||||
In office 29 July 1904 – 29 July 1907 | |||||||
Monarch | Edward VII | ||||||
Colonial Secretary | Sir Francis Henry May | ||||||
Preceded by | Sir Henry Arthur Blake | ||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Frederick Lugard | ||||||
7th Governor of Natal | |||||||
In office 2 September 1907 – 23 December 1909 | |||||||
Monarch | Edward VII | ||||||
Preceded by | Sir Henry Edward McCallum | ||||||
Succeeded by | Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen | ||||||
Under-Secretary for Ireland | |||||||
In office 12 October 1914 – 3 May 1916 | |||||||
Monarch | George V | ||||||
Preceded by | James Dougherty | ||||||
Succeeded by | Robert Chalmers | ||||||
13th Governor of Queensland | |||||||
In office 3 December 1920 – 17 September 1925 | |||||||
Preceded by | Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams | ||||||
Succeeded by | Sir John Goodwin | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | (1862-01-03)3 January 1862 Paddington, London, England | ||||||
Died | 18 April 1939(1939-04-18) (aged 77) West Coker, Somerset, England | ||||||
Resting place | Willesden Jewish Cemetery, England | ||||||
Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich | ||||||
Profession | Soldier, colonial administrator | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 彌敦 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 弥敦 | ||||||
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