Sir Henry Edward McCallum,
GCMG
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(28 October 1852 – 24 November 1919) was a British colonial governor.
Biography
McCallum attended the
Royal Military College in
Woolwich
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The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...
and began his colonial service career in 1874.
He was Colonial Engineer for the Straits Settlements based in Singapore and played a key role in introducing
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as describ ...
to
Singapore
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in 1892. However he was involved in a public spat with
James MacRitchie the Municipal Engineer who recommended against the introduction of electricity.
He was governor of
Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Ac ...
before coming to
Newfoundland in 1899. The friction between McCallum and Prime Minister
Robert Bond
Sir Robert Bond (25 February 1857 – 16 March 1927) was the last Premier of Newfoundland Colony from 1900 to 1907 and the first prime minister of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1907 to 1909 after the 1907 Imperial Conference conferred d ...
resulted in his recall in early 1901. McCallum then became governor of
Natal
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Places
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
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in February 1901, arriving in his new province in May to take up residence in
Pietermaritzburg. His last appointment came as governor of
Ceylon in 1907.
McCallum retired from colonial service in 1913 and returned to England.
The isolated
outport
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of
McCallum on the
southern coast of the island of
Newfoundland is named for Henry McCallum.
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Legacy
In Singapore,
McCallum Street is named after him in 1895 for his contributions as the Colonial Engineer.
In Penang, Malaysia, there is another McCallum Street named after him.
See also
*
Governors of Newfoundland
*
List of Governors of Natal
*
List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
*
List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
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* List (surname)
Organizations
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References
External links
Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador''
1852 births
1919 deaths
Governors of British Ceylon
Governors of Natal
People from Yeovil
Governors of Newfoundland Colony
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Governors of the Lagos Colony
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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