Murchison Fletcher

For other people of the same name, see Arthur Fletcher (disambiguation).

Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher

Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office June 1927 – 20 August 1928
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Hugh Clifford
Succeeded by	Herbert Stanley
12th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 22 November 1929 – May 1936
Monarch	George V Edward VIII
Preceded by	Sir Eyre Hutson
13th Governor of Fiji
In office 22 November 1929 – May 1936
Monarch	George V Edward VIII
Preceded by	Sir Eyre Hutson
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
11th Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
In office 17 September 1936 – 1938
Monarch	Edward VIII George VI
Preceded by	Sir Alfred Hollis
Succeeded by	Sir Hubert Young
Personal details
Died	1954

Sir (Arthur George) Murchison Fletcher, KCMG, CBE (1878 - 1954) was a British colonial administrator. He was Acting Governor of British Ceylon from 1927 to 1928, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 22 November 1929 to 28 November 1936,^[1] and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from 1936 to 1938.

References

↑ Fiji:Handbook of the Colony of Fiji. Suva, Fiji: H.R. Craigie, Government Printer. 1936.

Government offices
Preceded by Hugh Clifford	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1927-1928	Succeeded by Herbert Stanley
Preceded by Sir Eyre Hutson	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1929–1936	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Preceded by Sir Eyre Hutson	Governor of Fiji 1929–1936	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Preceded by Alfred Claud Hollis	Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1936–1938	Succeeded by Hubert Winthrop Young

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

Governors of Fiji

Sir Hercules Robinson Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon Sir William Des Vœux Sir Charles Mitchell Sir John Bates Thurston Sir George Thomas Michael O'Brien Sir William Allardyce Sir Henry Moore Jackson Sir Everard im Thurn Sir Charles Henry Major Sir Francis Henry May Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell Sir Eyre Hutson Sir Murchison Fletcher Sir Cecil Barton Sir Arthur Richards Sir Harry Luke Sir Philip Euen Mitchell Sir John Rankine John Ferns Nicoll Sir Alexander Grantham Sir Brian Freeston Sir Ronald Garvey Sir Kenneth Maddocks Sir Derek Jakeway Sir Robert Sidney Foster

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