Bede Clifford | |
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Governor of The Bahamas | |
In office 10 January 1932 – 1937 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
Preceded by | Sir Charles Orr |
Succeeded by | Sir Charles Dundas |
Governor of Mauritius | |
In office 23 October 1937 – 16 April 1942 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Sir Wilfrid Jackson |
Succeeded by | Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy |
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago | |
In office 8 June 1942 – 6 March 1947 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | Sir Hubert Young |
Succeeded by | Sir John Shaw |
Personal details | |
Born | New Zealand | 3 July 1890
Died | 6 October 1969 Surrey, England | (aged 79)
Spouse |
Alice Devin Gundry (m. 1925) |
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Alma mater | |
Occupation | Statesman |
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]