Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman (26 April 1851 – 17 April 1939) was a British colonial administrator. King-Harman was the son of Hon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman, the son of

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, and Mary Cecilia Johnstone. He was the younger brother of the politician Edward King-Harman. He was educated at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and entered the

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in 1874. He served in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Barbados before working as Colonial Secretary in Mauritius between 1893 and 1897. He was invested as a

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in 1893. He was administrator of Saint Lucia from 1897 to 1900, before serving as

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from 1900 to 1904. He was invested as a

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in 1900. He was

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between 1904 and 1911, and was the representative of the Mediterranean colonies at the coronation of

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in 1911.Farid Mirbagheri
'Historical Dictionary of Cyprus''
(Scarecrow Press, 1 Oct 2009), p.187. Retrieved 10 October 2016. He married Constance Biddulph, daughter of General Sir Robert Biddulph and Sophia Lambert, on 12 July 1888.

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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Colonial Secretaries of Mauritius Colony of the Bahamas people British Cyprus people Colony of Barbados people Governors of British Saint Lucia High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cyprus