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Sir James Hayes Sadler (11 October 1851 – 21 April 1922) was a British colonial administrator and governor of Kenya and the Windward Islands.

Early life and education

Sadler was born to Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler and Sophia-Jane Sadler (née Taylor) on 11 October 1851 in

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, England. In 1875, he married Rita Annie Smith (1856–1918), and had three sons.

Career

He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, with whom he saw service in India. In 1893 and again from 1893-94, he was Chief political resident of the Persian Gulf (for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States). In 1898 he was appointed Consul-General of the British Protectorate on the Somali Coast. In 1902 he left what is now Somaliland to become Commissioner in Uganda, a position he held until 1907. On 12 December 1905, Sadler was appointed the first governor of the British East African Protectorate, succeeding commissioner

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who died in office on 1 October 1905. In 1909 he was transferred to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands and their Dependencies, a post he filled until 1914.

Honours and awards

After nomination by his father, he became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in December 1901, eventually resigning in 1921. He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours, and appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1907.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadler, James Hayes (colonial administrator) 1851 births 1922 deaths British Militia officers Governors of British Somaliland Governors of the Windward Islands Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society