Arthur Havelock

Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE (7 May 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904.

Sir Arthur Havelock
GCSI GCMG GCIE
President of Nevis
In office
6 April 1877 – 1878
Preceded byRoger Goldsworthy
Succeeded byCharles Spencer Salmon
Governor of Sierra Leone
In office
27 June 1881 – September 1884
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded bySir Samuel Rowe
Succeeded bySir Samuel Rowe
35th Governor of Trinidad
In office
24 January 1885 – 1885
Preceded bySir Sanford Freeling
Succeeded byWilliam Robinson
Governor of Natal
In office
18 February 1886 – 5 June 1889
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded bySir Henry Bulwer
Succeeded bySir Charles Mitchell
17th Governor of Ceylon
In office
28 May 1890 – 24 October 1895
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byArthur Hamilton-Gordon
Succeeded byEdward Noël Walker
(Acting governor)
Governor of Madras Presidency
In office
18 March 1896 – 28 December 1900
Preceded byLord Wenlock
Succeeded byLord Ampthill
Governor of Tasmania
In office
8 November 1901 – 16 April 1904
MonarchEdward VII
Preceded byViscount Gormanston
Succeeded byGerald Strickland
4th Administrator of Saint Lucia
In office
December 1878 – December 1879
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byWilliam Des Vœux
Succeeded bySir Roger Goldsworth
Personal details
Born(1844-05-07)7 May 1844
Bath, Somerset, England
Died25 June 1908(1908-06-25) (aged 64)
Bath, Somerset, England
SpouseAnne Grace Norris
RelationsSir Henry Havelock (uncle)
Alma materRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
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