Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
| The Baron Stanmore GCMG, KJStJ |
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| Arthur Gordon circa 1870–1880. | |
| 9th Governor of New Zealand | |
| In office 29 November 1880 – 24 June 1882 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | John Hall Frederick Whitaker |
| Preceded by | Sir Hercules Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Jervois |
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| Born | 26 November 1829 |
| Died | 30 January 1912 (aged 82) |
Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, GCMG, KJStJ (26 November 1829 – 30 January 1912)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator. He had extensive contact with Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
The youngest son of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, he was educated privately and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1849.[2] After graduating in 1851, he worked as Assistant Private Secretary to the British Prime Minister (his father) between 1852 and 1855, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley from 1854 to 1857,[1] before holding a number of colonial governorships:
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 1861–1866
- Governor of Trinidad, 1866–1870.
- 11th Governor of Mauritius, 21 Feb 1871 – 18 August 1874[3]
- Governor of Fiji[4] from 1875 to 1880
- Governor of New Zealand, 29 November 1880 – 24 June 1882
- Governor of Ceylon, 1883–1890.
He was created 1st Baron Stanmore, of Great Stanmore, Middlesex on 21 August 1893.
[edit] Works
- William Ewart Gladstone, Baron Arthur Hamilton-Gordon Stanmore (1961). Gladstone-Gordon correspondence, 1851–1896: selections from the private correspondence of a British Prime Minister and a colonial Governor, Volume 51. American Philosophical Society. pp. 116. http://books.google.com/books?id=uEMeAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2010-06-28.(Volume 51, Issue 4 of new series, American Philosophical Society Volume 51, Part 4 of Transactions Series Volume 51, Part 4 of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society new ser v. 51, no. 4)(Original from the University of California)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 5)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Gordon, the Hon. Arthur Charles Hamilton". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritius.htm
- ^ In 1875 the Fiji Islands were created a separate Colony, and Sir Arthur Gordon was appointed the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji, until 1880. In connection with this he also received the appointment of Consul-General, and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific.
[edit] External references
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Biography at the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
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