Sir Stephen John Hill, , (June 10, 1809 – 20 October 1891) was a governor of, in turn, four British colonial possessions. Born in the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

(modern

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) in 1851. In 1854 he became governor of

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

. From 1860 through 1861 he was made governor of

for a second time. Then in 1863 he was appointed governor of the

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and

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

. In 1869 Hill became governor of

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

, continuing in that position until 1876. He provided valuable guidance to the colony during the period following their rejection of participation in Canadian Confederation. Hill took up residency in

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in November of 1885 and left in February of 1888. Hill died in 1891 in London, England.

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Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador''
* 1809 births 1891 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Governors of Newfoundland Colony Governors of Sierra Leone Governors of Antigua and Barbuda Governors of the Leeward Islands Governors of the Gold Coast (British colony) {{canada-viceroy-stub

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