Walter Hely-Hutchinson

The Honourable
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson
GCMG PC
The Honourable Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson GCMG PC
	Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Governor of Cape Colony
	In office; 9 January 1901 – 1910
Monarchs	Queen Victoria; Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Gordon Sprigg; Sir Leander Starr Jameson; John X. Merriman
Preceded by	Sir William Butler
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Jenner Scobell
Governor of Natal
	In office; 1893–1901
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Francis Haden
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Edward McCallum
Personal details
Born	Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson; 22 August 1849
Died	23 September 1913 (aged 64)
Children	Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG PC (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.

Background and education

Hely-Hutchinson served as Lieutenant-Governor of Malta between 1884 and 1889, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893 and as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand between 1893 and 1901.^[1] He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by the University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon.

He was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1901,^[2] and was the last British governor until the post disappeared when the colony joined the Union of South Africa in 1910. He also acted as High Commissioner for Southern Africa in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne.

His son was the composer Victor Hely-Hutchinson.^[3]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne	British High Commissioner to South Africa 1909	Succeeded by Sir David Murray Anderson
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Walter Sendall	Governor of the Windward Islands 1889–1892	Succeeded by Sir Charles Bruce
Preceded by Francis Haden	Governor of Natal 1893–1901	Succeeded by Sir Henry McCallum
Preceded by Sir William Butler	Governor of Cape Colony 1901–1910	Succeeded by Sir Henry Scobell

v t e Governors of the Cape Colony
British occupation 1806–1814	David Baird Henry George Grey Du Pre Alexander Henry George Grey John Cradock Robert Meade
British colony 1814–1910	Charles Somerset Rufane Shaw Donkin Richard Bourke Galbraith Lowry Cole Thomas Francis Wade Benjamin D'Urban George Thomas Napier Peregrine Maitland Henry Pottinger Harry Smith George Cathcart Charles Henry Darling George Grey Robert Wynyard Philip Wodehouse Charles Craufurd Hay Henry Barkly Henry Bartle Frere Henry Hugh Clifford George Strahan Hercules Robinson Leicester Smyth Henry Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth Henry Loch William Gordon Cameron Hercules Robinson William Howley Goodenough Alfred Milner William Butler Walter Hely-Hutchinson Harry Scobell Those in italics were Acting Governors
State President of the South African Republic State President of the Orange Free State Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Prime Minister of Natal