Arthur Elibank Havelock
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Sir Arthur Havelock GCSI GCMG GCIE |
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| President of Nevis | |
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In office 6 April 1877 – 1878 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Goldsworthy |
| Succeeded by | Charles Spencer Salmon |
| Governor of Sierra Leone | |
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In office 27 June 1881 – September 1884 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Rowe |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Rowe |
| 35th Governor of Trinidad | |
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In office 24 January 1885 – 1885 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Sanford Freeling |
| Succeeded by | William Robinson |
| Governor of Natal | |
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In office 18 February 1886 – 5 June 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Mitchell |
| 17th Governor of Ceylon | |
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In office 28 May 1890 – 24 October 1895 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
| Succeeded by |
Edward Noël Walker acting governor |
| Governor of Madras Presidency | |
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In office 18 March 1896 – 28 December 1900 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Wenlock |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Ampthill |
| Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 8 November 1901 – 16 April 1904 |
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| Preceded by | The Viscount Gormanston |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Strickland |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 May 1844 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 25 June 1908 (aged 64) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Nationality |
 British
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| Spouse(s) | Anne Grace Norris |
| Relations | Sir Henry Havelock (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock GCSI GCMG GCIE (21 February 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904.
Havelock was born in 1844 in Bath, Somerset, the fifth surviving son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Havelock and Caroline Elizabeth Chaplin, and the nephew of Sir Henry Havelock. The family moved to India in 1844, where his father commanded the 14th Light Dragoons but was killed in action at the Battle of Ramnagar on 22 November 1848. The Havelocks returned to England briefly, but settled in Ootacamund in 1850, where Havelock attended school until he completed his education in London.
In 1860, Havelock entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on 14 January 1862 was gazetted an Ensign in the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry. He was promoted Lieutenant on 10 April 1866, and was stationed at Gibraltar (1866–7), at Mauritius (1867–8), then at the Cape Colony (1868–72). He returned to Mauritius in 1872 as the colony's paymaster, and was promoted to Captain on 1 February 1873, serving as aide-de-camp to Selby Smith, the acting governor, and later to the Governor of Mauritius, Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon.
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