Harry Luke

Harry Charles Luke
Acting High Commissioner for Palestine
In office
31 July 1928 – 6 December 1928
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byHerbert Onslow Plumer
Succeeded byJohn Chancellor
14th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
16 September 1938 – 20 July 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byArthur Richards
Succeeded byPhilip Euen Mitchell
15th Governor of Fiji
In office
16 September 1938 – 20 July 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byArthur Richards
Succeeded byPhilip Euen Mitchell
Personal details
Born
Harry Charles Lukach

4 December 1884
London
Died11 May 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 84)
Cyprus
Resting placeConventual church of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell, London.
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Joyce Evelyn Fremlin
(m. 1918; div. 1949)
RelationsPeter Luke (son)
Children2 sons
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
OccupationNaval officer, author, colonial administrator
Military service
Battles/warsWorld War I

Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ (born Harry Charles Lukach;[a] 4 December 1884 – 11 May 1969[1]) was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He is the author of some books on several of these countries.


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  1. ^ "Sir Harry Luke Collection" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2015.