Walter Hely-Hutchinson

The Honourable Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson GCMG
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson

Governor of Cape Colony
In office 9 January 1901 – 1910
Monarch	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Gordon Sprigg Sir Leander Starr Jameson John X. Merriman
Preceded by	Sir William Butler
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Jenner Scobell
Governor of Natal
In office 1893–1901
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Francis Haden
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Edward McCallum
Personal details
Born	Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson (1849-08-22)22 August 1849
Died	23 September 1913(1913-09-23) (aged 64)
Children	Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.

Background and education

Hely-Hutchinson was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, and attended the University of Cambridge.

Career

Hely-Hutchinson served as Lieutenant-Governor of Malta 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.^[1] He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by the University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon.

He was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1901,^[2] and was the last British governor until the post disappeared when the colony joined the Union of South Africa in 1910. He also acted as High Commissioner to South Africa in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne.

His son was the composer Victor Hely-Hutchinson.^[3]

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 26431. p. 4574. 11 August 1893. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27265. p. 229. 11 January 1901. Retrieved 11-10-2012.
↑ Victor Hely-Hutchinson at MusicWeb

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne	British High Commissioner to South Africa 1909	Succeeded by Sir David Murray Anderson
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Walter Sendall	Governor of the Windward Islands 1889–1892	Succeeded by Sir Charles Bruce
Preceded by Francis Haden	Governor of Natal 1893–1901	Succeeded by Sir Henry McCallum
Preceded by Sir William Butler	Governor of Cape Colony 1901–1910	Succeeded by Sir Henry Scobell

Governors of the Cape Colony

	British occupation 1806–1814	David Baird Henry George Grey Du Pre Alexander Henry George Grey John Francis Cradock Robert Meade

	British colony 1814–1910	Charles Somerset Rufane Shaw Donkin Richard Bourke Galbraith Lowry Cole Thomas Francis Wade Benjamin D'Urban George Thomas Napier Peregrine Maitland Henry Pottinger Harry Smith George Cathcart Charles Henry Darling George Grey Robert Henry Wynyard Philip Edmond Wodehouse Charles Craufurd Hay Henry Barkly Henry Bartle Frere Henry Hugh Clifford George Cumine Strahan Hercules Robinson Leicester Smyth Henry D'Oyley Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth Henry Brougham Loch William Gordon Cameron Hercules Robinson William Howley Goodenough Alfred Milner William Francis Butler Walter Hely-Hutchinson Henry Jenner Scobell Those in italics were Acting Governors

State President of the South African Republic State President of the Orange Free State Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Prime Minister of Natal

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