Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux
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Major Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux K.C.M.G., C.B. |
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| Commissioner of British Somaliland | |
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In office 8 May 1906 – 1909 |
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| Preceded by | Eric John Eagles Swayne |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Manning |
| Commissioner of Uganda | |
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In office 1 Feb 1910 – 18 Oct 1910 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell |
| Governor of Uganda | |
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In office 18 Oct 1910 – 1911 |
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| Succeeded by | Frederick John Jackson |
| Governor of Saint Helena | |
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In office 1912–1920 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Galway |
| Succeeded by | Robert Francis Peel |
| Governor of the Bahamas | |
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In office 8 December 1920 – 1926 |
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| Preceded by | William Lamond Allardyce |
| Succeeded by | Charles William James Orr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1870 Poona, India |
| Died | 2 July 1943 (aged 72) |
| Citizenship | British |
Major Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux K.C.M.G., C.B. (15 November 1870 – 2 July 1943) was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became in turn Governor of Uganda, Saint Helena and the Bahamas.
Cordeaux was born on 15 November 1870 in Poona, India. His father Edward Cordeaux was a judge in Bombay. He was educated at Brighton College and Cheltenham College. In 1888 he won a scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1892.
Cordeaux joined the Indian Staff Corps in 1895. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1896, Captain in 1903 and Major in 1912. He entered the Bombay Political Department in 1898, and that year was appointed Assistant Resident at Berbera, on the Somali Coast. Cordeaux was appointed Vice-Consul at Berbera on 15 October 1900. He was Consul (1902-1906), Deputy Commissioner of British Somaliland (1904-1906) and Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief (1906-1910). He took a keen interest in the fauna of Somaliland. He identified the small antelope Cordeaux's Dik-dik Madoqua (saltiana) cordeauxi, now usually seen as a subspecies of Salt's Dik-dik.
Cordeaux was appointed Governor of Uganda (1910-1911). He supervised construction of the railway from Jinja to Kakindu. He was appointed Governor of St Helena (1911-1920) and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands (1920-1926). In 1920 he laid the foundation stone of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas. In 1923 concessions were granted to Sir Harry Cordeaux and Arthur Sands to cut the pine forest on New Providence. They built a sawmill south of Gambier Village near Jack Pond, but the licence was never profitable and was relinquished in 1930.
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