Hugh Norman-Walker

Sir Hugh Norman-Walker

Born	17 December 1916 London, United Kingdom
Died	28 August 1985 (aged 68) Farley, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Occupation	Colonial official

Major Experience
Served in the government of India (1938–1948) Administrative Officer, Nyasaland (1949–1953) Assistant Secretary, Nyasaland (1953 - August 1953) Seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (August 1953 - 1954) Development Secretary, Nyasaland (1954–1960) Deputy Financial Secretary, Nyasaland (1960–1961) Secretary to the Treasury, Nyasaland (1961–1965) Her Majesty's Commissioner, Bechuanaland Protectorate (July 1965 - September 1966) Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles (February 1967 - January 1969) Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (February 1967 - January 1969) Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong (March 1969 - September 1973) Ex officio member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong (March 1969 - September 1973) Officer Administering the Government (19 October 1971 - 19 November 1971) Chairman of the Isle of Wight County Structure Plan Panel (1976)

Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker KCMG OBE KStJ (17 December 1916 – 28 August 1985) was a British colonial official. He served in India from 1938 to 1948. Joining the Colonial Office in 1949, he successively served as an Administrative Officer and an Assistant Secretary in Nyasaland, and was seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953. He returned to Nyasaland to become Development Secretary in 1954, Deputy Financial Secretary in 1960 and Secretary to the Treasury in 1961. He remained in the government until 1965 when Nyasaland gained independence as Malawi in 1964. In 1965, Sir Hugh was posted to the Bechuanaland Protectorate as Her Majesty’s Commissioner. Knighted in 1966, in September of the same year he witnessed the independence of the Protectorate as Botswana. In the next year, Norman-Walker was posted to the Seychelles as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief but his short tenure came to an end when he was assigned to succeed Sir Michael Gass, who was in turn appointed High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1969. He was once rumoured to be the designated candidate to succeed Sir David Trench as the Governor of Hong Kong, but the rumour soon died out when the post was taken up by Sir Murray MacLehose, a career diplomat, in 1971.