Ker Baillie-Hamilton

Ker Baillie Hamilton (13 July 1804 6 February 1889) colonial governor born in Cleveland, England and died in Tunbridge Wells, England.

Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich where he went on to serve in Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. In 1846 became governor of Grenada. Beginning in 1851 he was the administrator of Barbados and the Windward Islands. In 1852 Hamilton was appointed governor of Newfoundland.

Hamilton antagonized the Newfoundland Liberal Party by impeding the decision of the British government in 1854 to grant responsible government. He was quickly transferred by the colonial office and appointed governor of Antigua and the Leeward Islands in March 1855.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Carlo Joseph Doyle
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
1846–1851
Succeeded by
Robert William Keate
Preceded by
Sir John Le Merchant
Governor of Newfoundland
1852–1855
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Henry Darling
Preceded by
Robert James Mackintosh
Governor of Antigua
1855–1863
Succeeded by
Sir Stephen John Hill


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