Harry Luke
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The Honourable Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ |
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| Acting High Commissioner for Palestine | |
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In office 31 July 1928 – 6 December 1928 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Lord Onslo Plumer |
| Succeeded by | John Chancellor |
| 14th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |
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In office 16 September 1938 – 21 July 1942 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Arthur Richards |
| Succeeded by | Philip Euen Mitchell |
| 15th Governor of Fiji | |
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In office 16 September 1938 – 21 July 1942 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Arthur Richards |
| Succeeded by | Philip Euen Mitchell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Harry Charles Lukach 4 December 1884 London |
| Died | 11 May 1969 (aged 84) Cyprus |
| Resting place | Conventual church of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell, London. |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Joyce Evelyn Fremlin 1918-1949 (divorced) |
| Relations | Peter Luke (son) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | Oxford |
| Occupation | Naval officer, author, colonial administrator |
Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ (born Harry Charles Lukach) (4 December 1884 - 11 May 1969) was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He is the author of some books on several of these countries.
His father, J.H. Luke (né Lukács) was an Austro-Hungarian, but later acquired American citizenship; his mother was a Polish Catholic of the minor nobility.
He was born in London in 1884 and educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Oxford, of which he became an Honorary Fellow in 1952.
Luke's first official appointment was as Private Secretary (1908) and Aide-de-Camp in Barbados, except for a period during May–July when he was attached to the Colonial Office. He served as Private Secretary to the High Commissioner of Cyprus (1911–1912) and as Commissioner of Famagusta (1918–1920).
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