Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy (1839 – 6 May 1900) was a British

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. Roger Goldsworthy was born in

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in 1839, and educated at Sandhurst, the younger brother of Major-General Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy MP (1837–1911). He joined his father and brother in

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in 1855 and later joined the volunteer cavalry known as Havelock's Irregulars. During the

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he won medals and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1859 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the

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. He resigned in 1866. From 1868 to 1870, Goldsworthy was Inspector General of Police in

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; during this time he married a widow named Eliza Egan. He was then commandant of the Hausa people, Hausa Armed Police and District Magistrate of

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until 1873. He then became Inspector of Customs for the

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until 1874. In 1874 he was made CMG for his role in the war with the Akumahs. His next appointment was as President of Nevis from 1876 to 1877. In 1877, Goldsworthy was appointed Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, a position which also implied an appointment to the

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. He took up both appointments on 30 August 1877, holding them until his resignation on 7 September 1880. Following this, he was Administrator and Colonial Secretary of Saint Lucia from 1881 to 1884;

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and Commander-in-Chief of the

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from 1884 to 1891; and

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from 1891 to 1897. Goldsworthy was made

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in 1889. He died on 6 May 1900.

References

* * Goldsworthy family, ''pers. comm.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsworthy, Roger Tuckfield 1839 births 1900 deaths 17th Lancers officers British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Colonial Service officers British colonial police officers Colonial Secretaries of Western Australia Governors of British Honduras Governors of the Falkland Islands Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council People from Marylebone Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Governors of British Saint Lucia Governors of British Grenada Governors of Nevis 19th-century Australian politicians