Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator)

Sir
Hugh Clifford
GCMG GBE
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	5 March 1866; Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom
Died	18 December 1941 (aged 75); Roehampton, London, England, United Kingdom
Spouses	; Minna à Beckett (m. 1896; died 1907) Elizabeth de la Pasture (m. 1910)
Children	3
Parents	Henry Hugh Clifford (father); Josephine Elizabeth Anstice (mother);
Profession	Colonial administrator

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

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