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29 de out. de 2001 · Hugh Clifford has been described as “one of the most unusual colonial governors in British history”. Widely regarded as the “doyen of the colonial service”, Clifford held successive governorships in the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Ceylon, and the Straits Settlements.
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator, who arrived in Malaya in 1883, at the age of 17. During his twenty years in Perak, Clifford socialised with the local Malays and studied their language and culture deeply. He served as British Resident at Pahang, 1896-1900 and 1901-1903, and Governor of North Borneo, 1900-1901.
14 de set. de 2015 · Hugh Clifford telah dilahirkan pada 5 Mac 1866 di London dan datang ke Malaya pada tahun 1883 untuk memasuki perkhidmatan awam di negeri-negeri Melayu. Ketika itu beliau baru berusia 17 tahun. Minatnya untuk berkhidmat di Malaya didorong kuat oleh ketokohan bapa saudaranya Frederick Weld yang ketika itu menjadi Gabenor Negeri-negeri Selat (Straits Settlements).
Hugh Clifford and the Malay Rulers SIMON C. SMITH Hugh CUfford has been described as "one of the most unusual colonial governors in British history".1 Widely regarded as the "doyen of the colonial service",2 CUfford held successive governorships in the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Ceylon, and the Straits Settlements.3 As a writer
Hugh Clifford came to Malaya in 1883 when he was 17 years old. He spent 20 years on the peninsula and came to know the various peoples of Malaya intimately. By the time he published In Court and Kampong , in 1896, he had become the British Resident in Pehang, one of the larger Malay states.
Hugh Clifford believed totally in the improving aspect of British rule but like so many colonial rulers was forces to compromise his principles whenever practical politics demanded. Clifford was typical of so many colonial officers in that he was from an impoverished middle class family who in 1883 got him a position in the colonial service through a family connection, in his case at the age ...
Sir Hugh Clifford, (né le 5 mars 1866 - mort le 18 décembre 1941), est un administrateur colonial britannique. Il a été le 24 e gouverneur du Ceylan britannique dans l'actuel Sri Lanka , gouverneur du Nigeria , gouverneur de la Côte-de-l'Or au Ghana , gouverneur des Établissements des détroits dans l'actuelle Malaisie et gouverneur de Bornéo du Nord .
