Ker Baillie-Hamilton
Template:Use dmy dates Ker Baillie-Hamilton Template:Post-nominals (13 July 1804 – 6 February 1889) was a British colonial administrator. He was born in Cleveland, England, and died in Tunbridge Wells, England.
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Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich,[1] where he went on to serve in India in 1822,[1] Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. In 1836, he married Emma Blair.[1]
In 1846 became Lieutenant Governor of Grenada.[1] Beginning in 1851 he was the administrator of Barbados and the Windward Islands.[1] In 1852, Hamilton was appointed governor of Newfoundland.[1]
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.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) in the 1862 Birthday Honours.[1][2]
Baillie Hamilton died on 16 March 1889 in Tunbridge Wells.[1] He was survived by five daughters, including Baroness Hilford.[1]
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References
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- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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- 1804 births
- 1889 deaths
- Baillie-Hamilton family
- British East India Company Army officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Governors of Antigua and Barbuda
- Governors of Barbados
- Governors of British Grenada
- Governors of Newfoundland Colony
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich