Charles Craufurd Hay

Charles Craufurd Hay
Born 1809
Died 1873
Isle of Wight
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Lieutenant General

Lieutenant-General Charles Craufurd Hay (1809–1873) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope.

Military career

Hay was commissioned as an ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 27 June 1824.[1] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1868, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1870, before retiring in September 1873.[2] As acting governor he was sympathetic to the claims of the Griqua Chief, Nicolaas Waterboer, against the Government of the Orange Free State.[3]

He was also colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot and then of the 93rd Regiment of Foot.[4]

References

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