Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming (2 September 1841 – 27 March 1907) was a British colonial administrator, who served as governor of a number of colonies, including

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

(1896–1898) and Jamaica (1898–1904). In April 1902, Sir Augustus Hemming (as governor of Jamaica) and Lady Hemming visited Cuba as guests of Military Governor Leonard Wood. Later the same year he opened an extension to the

Constant Spring Constant Spring is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Kingston, Jamaica. Constant Spring plantation Constant Spring plantation was one of the Regimental Plantations. It was developed by Lt.-Colonel Henry Archibold during the military o ...

Hotel, promoting increased tourism to the island. Hemming was also a first-class cricketer. He played six first-class matches: five for various teams in England between 1866 and 1878, and one in 1902 when he was Governor of Jamaica and aged 60.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hemming, Augustus 1841 births 1907 deaths Governors of British Guiana Governors of Jamaica English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers Southgate cricketers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George R. D. Walker's XI cricketers