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Sir John Huggins (1891–1971)Sir John Huggins.
National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
was a British colonial administrator in
Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...
and subsequently Trinidad. He was
Governor of Jamaica This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamai ...
from 1943 to 1951.Obituary: Lady Hambro.
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'', 25 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
He married
Molly Green Molly, Lady Huggins, ''née'' Green (1907 – 11 September 1981) was a British activist and philanthropist.'Lady Huggins', ''The Times'', 16 September 1981, p. 12. Life Molly Huggins was born Molly Green in Singapore in 1907, the daughter of a ...
and they had three daughters. His second daughter, Cherry, became
Lady Hambro Cherry Hambro, Baroness Hambro (4 December 1933 – 27 March 2017), born Cherry Felicity Huggins, was a British journalist who was associated with the fashion scene in 1960s swinging London when she worked for ''Vogue'', ''Queen'' magazine and as ...
.Lady Hambro, first fashion editor of the Telegraph magazine – obituary.
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'', 14 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
He was progressively promoted within the
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 IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...
, from Companion (CMG, 8 June 1939), to Knight Commander (KCMG, before 1946), to Knight Grand Cross (GCMG, 9 June 1949).GCMG
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Governors of Jamaica 1891 births 1971 deaths Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Recipients of the Military Cross British people in British Trinidad and Tobago British people in British Malaya {{UK-gov-bio-stub