Charles King-Harman Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Charles King-Harman
Order:Administrator of Saint Lucia
Term Start:1897
Term End:1900
Order1:Governor of Sierra Leone
Term Start1:1900
Term End1:1904
Monarch1:Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Predecessor1:Sir Frederic Cardew
Successor1:Sir Leslie Probyn
Order2:High Commissioner of Cyprus
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1911
Monarch2:Edward VII
George V
Predecessor2:Sir Sir William Haynes Smith
Successor2:Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams
Birth Date:1851 4, df=yes
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
Profession:Colonial administrator
Father:Hon. Lawrence King-Harman
Mother:Mary Cecilia Johnstone
Spouse:Constance Biddulph
Relatives:Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton (grandfather),
Edward King-Harman (brother)

Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman (26 April 1851 – 17 April 1939) was a British colonial administrator.

Biography

King-Harman was the son of Hon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman, the son of Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton, and Mary Cecilia Johnstone. He was the younger brother of the politician Edward King-Harman.

He was educated at the University of Cambridge and entered the Colonial Service in 1874. He served in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Barbados before working as Colonial Secretary in Mauritius between 1893 and 1897. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1893. He was administrator of Saint Lucia from 1897 to 1900, before serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1900 to 1904. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1900. He was High Commissioner of Cyprus between 1904 and 1911, and was the representative of the Mediterranean colonies at the coronation of George V in 1911.[1]

He married Constance Biddulph, daughter of General Sir Robert Biddulph and Sophia Lambert, on 12 July 1888.

Notes and References

  1. Farid Mirbagheri, 'Historical Dictionary of Cyprus (Scarecrow Press, 1 Oct 2009), p.187. Retrieved 10 October 2016.