Herbert Reginald McClure explained

Herbert Reginald McClure
Order:Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Term Start:April 1920
Term End:1 January 1925
Predecessor:Edward Carlyon Eliot
Successor:Arthur Grimble
Birth Date:23 March 1883[1]
Death Date:1 January 1925[2]
Death Place:Sydney, Australia
Nationality:British
Occupation:Colonial Service

Herbert Reginald McClure, (23 March 1883 – 1 January 1925) was a British Colonial Service administrator.He joined the Royal Navy and was appointed as Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1898.[1] He trained as an officer cadet at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, when the wooden hulk HMS Britannia was the barracks. He "passed out" (graduated) following examinations in April 1899.[3]

He joined the Colonial Service. He was appointed as the District Commissioner of Nyeri in Kenya in 1914.[4] He was appointed as officer in charge of the Masai Reserve in Kenya in 1920.[5] He was appointed Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in February 1922. He died in Sydney, Australian on 1 January 1925 while staying at the Wentworth Hotel.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: McClure, Herbert Reginald (Date of Birth: 23 March 1883). National Archives (UK). 15 September 1897. 17 September 2021.
  2. News: OBITUARY. MR. H. R. McCLURE . . 5 Jan 1926 . 17 September 2021 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1898. 1898. 17 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Government Notice 30 – Appointments. Kenya Gazette . 28 January 1914. 17 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Government Notice 161 – Appointments. Kenya Gazette . 5 May 1920. 17 September 2021.