Matthew Nathan
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The Right Honourable Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG, PC |
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| 20th Governor of the Gold Coast | |
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In office 17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Mitchell Hodgson |
| Succeeded by | John Pickersgill Rodger |
| 13th Governor of Hong Kong | |
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In office 29 July 1904 – 29 July 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Henry Arthur Blake |
| Succeeded by | Sir Frederick Lugard |
| 7th Governor of Natal | |
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In office 2 September 1907 – 23 December 1909 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Henry Edward McCallum |
| Succeeded by | Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen |
| 13th Governor of Queensland | |
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In office 3 December 1920 – 17 September 1925 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Goodwin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 January 1862 Paddington, London |
| Died | 18 April 1939 (aged 77) West Coker, Somerset |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Profession | Soldier, colonial administrator |
| Religion | Judaism |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, GCMG, PC (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. He was Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1914 to 1916, and was responsible, with the Chief Secretary, Augustine Birrell, for the administration of Ireland in the years immediately preceding the Easter Rising.
Nathan was born in Paddington, England. He was of Jewish descent and the second son of businessman Jonah Nathan and Miriam Jacob Nathan. His brothers were Colonel Sir Frederick Nathan, an officer of the Royal Artillery and sometime Superintendent of Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills, and Sir Nathaniel Nathan, a colonial judge in Trinidad and Tobago.
Nathan was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was the winner of the Pollock Medal (1880) before being gazetted to Royal Engineers in 1880. He continued his training at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham from 1880 to 1884.
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