Frederick Barlee
| Frederick Barlee | |
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| Clerk to the Executive and Legislative Councils & Private secretary to the Governor of Sierra Leone | |
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In office 1853–1855 |
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| Colonial Secretary of Western Australia & Nominated MLC | |
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In office July 1855 – 24 November 1875 |
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| British Honduras Lieutenant Governor | |
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In office March 1877 – September 1882 |
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| Trinidad Administrator | |
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In office April 1884 – August 1884 |
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| Personal details | |
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6 February 1827 Worlingworth, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 8 August 1884 (aged 57) Port of Spain, Trinidad |
Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee KCMG (6 February 1827 – 8 August 1884) was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia from 1855 to 1875; Lieutenant-Governor of the British Honduras (now Belize) from 1877 to 1882; and Administrator of Trinidad in 1884.
Frederick Barlee was born in Worlingworth, Suffolk, England on 6 February 1827. He was educated privately and at local schools, and in 1845 he entered the public service as a clerk to the Ordnance Department in Chatham and Woolwich. In 1851, Barlee married Jane Oseland. Later that year he was posted to Sierra Leone, where he served initially as a barrack-master and storekeeper. In 1853 he became clerk to the Executive and Legislative Councils, and private secretary to the Governor of Sierra Leone Arthur Edward Kennedy.
In 1855, Kennedy was appointed Governor of Western Australia, and he arranged for Barlee to be appointed Colonial Secretary. Both men arrived in Western Australia in June 1855, and commenced work the following month. As colonial secretary, Barlee became a nominated member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Kennedy immediately embarked on a range of reforms, with Barlee largely responsible for their implementation. Kennedy's reforms were unpopular, and Barlee made numerous enemies during this time. However by 1856 Barlee and Kennedy had fallen out; after this, Barlee often opposed Kennedy on important issues, and his influence declined.
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