Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913)
was an
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...
diplomat and colonial administrator.
Background and education
Hely-Hutchinson was the second son of
Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore
Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore PC FRS (4 April 1823 – 22 February 1866), styled Viscount Suirdale between 1832 and 1851, was a British Conservative politician.
Background
Donoughmore was the son of John Hely-Hutchins ...
. He was educated at
Cheam School,
Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...
.
Career
Hely-Hutchinson was a barrister of the
Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wal ...
, 1877; Private Secretary to Sir
Hercules Robinson
Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong and subsequently, the 14th Governor of New South Wales, the first Gove ...
, Governor of New South Wales; for Fiji Affairs, 1874; for New South Wales, 1875; Colonial Secretary of Barbadoes, 1877; Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta, 1883; Lieutenant-Governor of
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
between 1884 and 1889, as
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893 and as
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand between 1893 and 1901 and Special Commissioner for Amatongaland. While in Natal he inaugurated the system of
Responsible Government in Natal, and completed the annexation of the Trans-Pongola Territories, which form an integral part of Zululand.
He was appointed Governor of the
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...
in 1901, during the height of the
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...
in South Africa, and was the last British governor until the post disappeared when the colony joined the
Union of South Africa
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in 1910. He also acted as
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
The British office of high commissioner for Southern Africa was responsible for governing British possessions in Southern Africa, latterly the protectorates of Basutoland (now Lesotho), the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) and Swaziland ...
in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne. Following the end of the Boer war in June 1902, he was among those responsible for introducing the peace settlement in the colony. In November–December 1902 he made a month long tour of the
Malmesbury
Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upp ...
,
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay ( af, Saldanhabaai) is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Mu ...
,
Piquetberg,
Clanwilliam, and
Ceres
Ceres most commonly refers to:
* Ceres (dwarf planet), the largest asteroid
* Ceres (mythology), the Roman goddess of agriculture
Ceres may also refer to:
Places
Brazil
* Ceres, Goiás, Brazil
* Ceres Microregion, in north-central Goiás ...
districts.
He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by the
University of Edinburgh
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and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was invested as a
Privy Counsellor
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; thus he was styled ''The Rt. Hon.''
Family
Hey-Hutchinson married in 1881 the daughter of General W. C. Justice, C.M.G. (commanding the troops in Ceylon). Their son was the composer
Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson (26 December 1901 – 11 March 1947) was a British composer, conductor, pianist and music administrator. He is best known for the ''Carol Symphony'' and for humorous song-settings.Hurd, Michael'Hely ...
; his daughter, Natalie, married the archaeologist and administrator
Gerard Mackworth Young.
[Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, pp. 1163-1164]
References
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External links
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1849 births
1913 deaths
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa
Colonial Secretaries of Barbados
Governors of Natal
Governors of the Cape Colony
Governors of the Windward Islands
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Younger sons of earls
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
Presidents of the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science