Ker Baillie-Hamilton
Ker Baillie Hamilton (July 13, 1804 – February 6, 1889) colonial governor born Cleveland, England and died Tunbridge Wells, England.
Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich where he went on to serve in Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. In 1846 became governor of Grenada. Beginning in 1851 he was the administrator of Barbados and the Windward Islands. In 1852 Hamilton was appointed governor of Newfoundland.
Hamilton antagonized the Newfoundland people by impeding the decision of the British government in 1854 to grant responsible government. He was quickly transferred by the colonial office and appointed governor of Antigua and the Leeward Islands in March 1855.
See also
External links
- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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