Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator)

Sir Hugh Clifford GCMG GBE
19th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office 3 June 1927 – 21 October 1929
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Sir Laurence Guillemard
Succeeded by	Sir John Scott (Acting) Sir Cecil Clementi
24th Governor of British Ceylon
In office 30 November 1925 – June 1927
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Edward Bruce Alexander (Acting)
Succeeded by	Arthur George Murchison Fletcher (Acting)
Governor of Nigeria
In office 8 August 1919 – 13 November 1925
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Lugard (Governor-General of Nigeria)
Succeeded by	Sir Graeme Thomson
Governor of Gold Coast
In office 26 December 1912 – 1 April 1919
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	James Jamieson Thorburn Herbert Bryan (Acting)
Succeeded by	Alexander Ransford Slater
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 11 July 1907 – 24 August 1907
Monarch	Edward VII
Preceded by	Henry Arthur Blake
Succeeded by	Henry Edward McCallum
Governor of North Borneo
In office 1900–1901
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Leicester P. Beaufort
Succeeded by	Ernest W. Birch
Personal details
Born	(1866-03-05)5 March 1866 Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom
Died	18 December 1941(1941-12-18) (aged 75) Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom
Spouse(s)	Minna à Beckett ​ ​ (m. 1896; died 1907)​ Elizabeth de la Pasture ​ ​ (m. 1910; died 1941)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Henry Hugh Clifford Josephine Elizabeth Anstice
Profession	Colonial administrator

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG, GBE (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British colonial administrator who held several governorships.