Sir Henry Charles Donald Cleaveland Mackenzie-Kennedy (1889 – 2 August 1965) was a

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colonial administrator who was

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between 1939 and 1942, and 25th Governor of Mauritius from 5 July 1942 to 5 December 1948. In 1930, Mackenzie-Kennedy was Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia. He was urged to deny the Ndola Welfare Association permission to meet, since mine owners might react unfavorably to an organization such as this being led by civil servants. In June 1935, he wrote to Sir Stewart Gore-Browne urging him to stand for election in Broken Hill, saying "Your duty is clear."

Family

Henry Charles Donald Cleaveland Mackenzie-Kennedy was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Charles William Mackenzie-Kennedy K.B.E. C.B. and his wife Ethel née Fuller. His birth was registered in the Sep Q of 1889 at Hastings, Sussex. He married Mildred, daughter of Rev. J. G. Munday and his wife Edith née Chadwick, in 1919 in the Wandsworth registration district of London.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackenzie-Kennedy, Donald Governors of British Mauritius Governors of Nyasaland Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 1889 births 1965 deaths British Mauritius in World War II