Matthew Nathan

Sir Matthew Nathan
20th Governor of the Gold Coast
In office
17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byFrederick Mitchell Hodgson
Succeeded byJohn Pickersgill Rodger
13th Governor of Hong Kong
In office
29 July 1904 – 29 July 1907
MonarchEdward VII
Colonial SecretarySir Francis Henry May
Preceded bySir Henry Arthur Blake
Succeeded bySir Frederick Lugard
7th Governor of Natal
In office
2 September 1907 – 23 December 1909
MonarchEdward VII
Preceded bySir Henry Edward McCallum
Succeeded byPaul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen
Under-Secretary for Ireland
In office
12 October 1914 – 3 May 1916
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byJames Dougherty
Succeeded byRobert Chalmers
13th Governor of Queensland
In office
3 December 1920 – 17 September 1925
Preceded bySir Hamilton Goold-Adams
Succeeded bySir John Goodwin
Personal details
Born(1862-01-03)3 January 1862
Paddington, London, England
Died18 April 1939(1939-04-18) (aged 77)
West Coker, Somerset, England
Resting placeWillesden Jewish Cemetery, England
Alma materRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
ProfessionSoldier, colonial administrator
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese彌敦
Simplified Chinese弥敦
Transcriptions
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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.