Bede Clifford

Bede Clifford
Governor of The Bahamas
In office
10 January 1932 – 1937
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Charles Orr
Succeeded bySir Charles Dundas
Governor of Mauritius
In office
23 October 1937 – 16 April 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Preceded bySir Wilfrid Jackson
Succeeded bySir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
8 June 1942 – 6 March 1947
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Preceded bySir Hubert Young
Succeeded bySir John Shaw
Personal details
Born(1890-07-03)3 July 1890
New Zealand
Died6 October 1969(1969-10-06) (aged 79)
Surrey, England
Spouse
Alice Devin Gundry
(m. 1925)
Children
  • Anne Frances Mary Clifford
  • Patricia David Pandora Clifford
  • Alice Devin Atalanta Clifford
Parents
Alma mater
OccupationStatesman

Captain Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford GCMG CB MVO (3 July 1890 – 6 October 1969)[1] was a British diplomat and colonial administrator,[2] born in New Zealand, where his parents had moved in an unsuccessful attempt at sheep-farming.[3]

His parents were William Hugh Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and Catherine Mary Bassett. After New Zealand they moved to Tasmania; he did not attend a regular school until he was 10. He attended Xavier College, Melbourne[4] where he was a gifted student.[5] This was followed by study at Melbourne University, becoming a surveyor, then a merchant navy officer.[3]

  1. ^ "Past Governor of Trinidad and Tobago Sir Bede Clifford".
  2. ^ 'CLIFFORD, Captain Hon. Sir Bede Edmund Hugh', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  3. ^ a b Fuller bio than here
  4. ^ "Xavier College Annual Speech Night". Advocate. 22 December 1932. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ^ "ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE". Table Talk. 19 December 1907. Retrieved 14 December 2021.