Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson
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The Honourable Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson GCMG |
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Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson
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| Governor of Cape Colony | |
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In office 9 January 1901 – 1910 |
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| Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Sir Gordon Sprigg Sir Leander Starr Jameson John X. Merriman |
| Preceded by | Sir William Butler |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Jenner Scobell |
| Governor of Natal | |
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In office 1893–1901 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Francis Haden |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Edward McCallum |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson 22 August 1849 |
| Died | 23 September 1913 (aged 64) |
| Children | Victor Hely-Hutchinson |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.
Hely-Hutchinson was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, and attended the University of Cambridge.
Hely-Hutchinson served as Lieutenant-Governor of Malta between 1884 and 1889, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893 and as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand between 1893 and 1901. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by the University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon.
He was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1901, and was the last British governor until the post disappeared when the colony joined the Union of South Africa in 1910. He also acted as High Commissioner to South Africa in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne.
His son was the composer Victor Hely-Hutchinson.
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