Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British colonial administrator who held several governorships.

Mar 1, 2025 · Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (born March 5, 1866, London—died Dec. 18, 1941, Roehampton, London) was a British colonial official and governor, especially associated with Malaya, and a novelist and essayist.

Hugh Clifford may refer to: Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator) (1866–1941), British colonial administrator Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1663–1730), English aristocrat

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (5 March 1866, Roehamption, London – 18 Dec 1941, Roehamption) was a British colonial administrator and a writer who devoted a novel, The Downfall of the Gods, to Angkor and the ancient Khmer civilization.

In 1887 Hugh Clifford was given his first real opportunity to show his qualities as a colonial officer when he was asked to go to Pahang on the eastern coast of the Malay peninsula to prepare the ground for a British resident.

British colonial administrator, GCMG, GBE. He was the son of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and his wife Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice; his grandfather was Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh.

Sir Hugh Charles Clifford Also known as Sir Hugh Charles Clifford primary name: Clifford, Hugh Details individual; official; British; Male. Life dates 1866-1941. Biography British colonial governor; Governor of the Gold Coast 1912-1914; Governor of Nigeria 1919-1925; Governor of Ceylon 1925-1927; Governor of the Straits Settlement and High ...

Sir Hugh Clifford (1856-1941) Hugh Clifford was one of the most unusal colonial governors in British history. He was distinguished as a writer and a novelist. He derived from an ancient aristocratic lineage. He was a Catholic, one of the few Catholics to attain gubernatorial rank in …

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Sir Hugh Clifford Clifford arrived in Malaya in 1883 aged seventeen. The British then administered the colony of the Straits Settlements while in the west coast Malay states residents were establishing an 'advisory system' to disguise British control under a cloak of Malay sovereignty.