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Arthur Kennedy (governor)

Index Arthur Kennedy (governor)

Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (5 April 1809 – 3 June 1883) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, namely Sierra Leone, Western Australia, Vancouver Island, Hong Kong and Queensland. [1]

75 relations: Aden, Anthony Musgrave, Brisbane, British Army, British North America, Burial at sea, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Charles Fitzgerald, Chief Secretary for Administration, Colony, Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871), Colony of Vancouver Island, Corfu, County Clare, County Down, Cultra, Depression (economics), Devonshire Regiment, Ensign (rank), Francis Colborne, Gascoyne, Georgina River, Government of Sierra Leone, Governor of Hong Kong, Governor of Queensland, Governor of Western Australia, Great Famine (Ireland), Henry Wase Whitfield, Herbert River, History of Ireland (1801–1923), Hong Kong, Hong Kong dollar, Hong Kong Island, Ireland, James Douglas (governor), John Gardiner Austin, John Hampton, John Pope Hennessy, Kennedy Lake (Vancouver Island), Kennedy Range National Park, Kennedy Road, Hong Kong, Kennedy Town, Lieutenant general, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong, List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone, List of colonial governors of the Gambia, List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, List of heads of Hong Kong by education, ..., Luke Smythe O'Connor, Mackay Region, Major general, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Bath, Penal transportation, Perth, Poor relief, Port Alberni, Queen Victoria, Queensland, Red Sea, Richard Graves MacDonnell, Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, Rob Dougan, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Trinity College Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Victoria, Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Western Australia, William Cairns, William Landsborough, 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). Expand index (25 more) »

Aden

Aden (عدن Yemeni) is a port city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of Bab-el-Mandeb.

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Anthony Musgrave

Sir Anthony Musgrave GCMG (31 August 1828 – 9 October 1888) was a colonial administrator and governor.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British North America

The term "British North America" refers to the former territories of the British Empire on the mainland of North America.

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Burial at sea

Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship or boat.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Charles Fitzgerald

Captain Charles Fitzgerald (1791 – 29 December 1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.

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Chief Secretary for Administration

The Chief Secretary for Administration, commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, is the most senior principal official of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Colony

In history, a colony is a territory under the immediate complete political control of a state, distinct from the home territory of the sovereign.

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Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)

The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866.

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Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)

The Colony of British Columbia was a British Crown Colony that resulted from the amalgamation of the two former colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and the mainland Colony of British Columbia.

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Colony of Vancouver Island

The Colony of Vancouver Island, officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies, was a Crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia.

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Corfu

Corfu or Kerkyra (translit,; translit,; Corcyra; Corfù) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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County Clare

County Clare (Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Mid-West Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the West by the Atlantic Ocean.

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County Down

County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland in the northeast of the island of Ireland.

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Cultra

Cultra (-) is an affluent residential suburban area near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Depression (economics)

In economics, a depression is a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies.

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Devonshire Regiment

The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army which served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.

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Ensign (rank)

Ensign (Late Middle English, from Old French enseigne (12c.) "mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant", from Latin insignia (plural)) is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy.

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Francis Colborne

General Sir Francis Colborne KCB (23 April 1817 – 26 November 1895) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

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Gascoyne

The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia.

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Georgina River

The Georgina River is the north-westernmost of the three major rivers of the Channel Country in Central West Queensland, that also flows through a portion of the Northern Territory, in central Australia.

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Government of Sierra Leone

The government of Sierra Leone is the governing authority of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as established by the Sierra Leone Constitution.

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Governor of Hong Kong

The Governor of Hong Kong was the representative in Hong Kong of the British Crown from 1843 to 1997.

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Governor of Queensland

The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the Queen of Australia.

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Governor of Western Australia

The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Henry Wase Whitfield

Lieutenant General Henry Wase Whitfield (Chinese: 威非路) was the Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong and Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

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Herbert River

The Herbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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History of Ireland (1801–1923)

Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hong Kong dollar

The Hong Kong dollar (sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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James Douglas (governor)

Sir James Douglas KCB (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877), influential in the history of Canada first a fur trader and later a colonial governor, is often credited as "The Father of British Columbia".

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John Gardiner Austin

John Gardiner Austin, CMG (柯士甸; 7 August 1812 – 25 July 1900) was a British colonial administrator.

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John Hampton

John Stephen Hampton (c. 1806 – 1 December 1869) was Governor of Western Australia from 1862 to 1868.

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John Pope Hennessy

Sir John Pope Hennessy, (5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.

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Kennedy Lake (Vancouver Island)

Kennedy Lake is the largest lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Kennedy Range National Park

Kennedy Range National Park is a national park in Gascoyne region of Western Australia, approximately north of Perth and about east of Carnarvon.

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Kennedy Road, Hong Kong

Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-levels on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

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Kennedy Town

Kennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is the viceregal representative of the, in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong

The Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong held the second-highest position during the British colonial rule in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1902.

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List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone

This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Province of Freedom by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor in 1787 until Sierra Leone's independence in 1961.

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List of colonial governors of the Gambia

This is a list of colonial governors and administrators in the Gambia from the establishment of a British settlement on St Mary's Island (now Banjul Island) in 1816, through to the Gambia Colony and Protectorate's independence from the United Kingdom in 1965.

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List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

The following is a list of Governors of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

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List of heads of Hong Kong by education

Below is the list of leaders of Hong Kong by university education.

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Luke Smythe O'Connor

Luke Smythe O'Connor (15 April 1806 – 24 March 1873) was a British army officer and colonial administrator.

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Mackay Region

The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation or transportation refers to the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Poor relief

In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.

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Port Alberni

Port Alberni is a city located on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Richard Graves MacDonnell

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (name in) (3 September 1814 – 5 February 1881) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor.

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Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam

Admiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (3 October 1832 – 4 August 1907), styled Lord Gillford until 1879, was a Royal Navy officer.

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Rob Dougan

Robert Don Hunter Dougan (born 1969) is an Australian composer, known for his genre-blending music.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.

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The Gambia

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, a research university located in Dublin, Ireland.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Victoria, Hong Kong

The City of Victoria, often called Victoria City or simply Victoria, was the de facto capital of Hong Kong during the British colonial period.

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Wan Chai

Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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William Cairns

Sir William Wellington Cairns, (1828 – 1888) was a British colonial administrator.

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William Landsborough

William Landsborough (21 February 1825 – 16 March 1886) was an explorer of Australia and notably he was the first explorer to complete a North-to-South crossing of Australia.

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68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)

The 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1758.

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Arthur E. Kennedy, Arthur Edward Kennedy, Arthur Kennedy (Australian governor), Sir Arthur Kennedy.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kennedy_(governor)

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