Edward Hay Drummond Hay
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Sir Edward Hay Drummond-Hay (1815–1884) was a British naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator.
He was born in England
, son of Captain Edward Drummond Hay, who was a nephew of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul
, and educated at Charterhouse
and was a Colonel of the 5th West India Regiment from 6 November 1854 to 15 August 1863.
From 1839 to 1850 he was the President of the British Virgin Islands
From 1850 to 1855 he was the Governor of Saint Kitts
From 1856 to 3 July 1863 he was the Governor of Saint Helena
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While he was governor of Saint Helena he devoted much of his attention to public works amongst which were the settlementis Rupert's valley and the main drainage works of Jamestown.
In 1857 the church of St. John was started, and in 1861 the church of St. Matthew at Hut's Gate was built.
In September 1860, the governor received a visit from His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was an officer in the Royal Navy serving on the H.M.S. Euralus
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He was born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, son of Captain Edward Drummond Hay, who was a nephew of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC was a Scottish peer and British politician.Hay was elected for Scarborough in 1736, but his election was overturned on petition. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1741 until 1758...
, and educated at Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
and was a Colonel of the 5th West India Regiment from 6 November 1854 to 15 August 1863.
From 1839 to 1850 he was the President of the British Virgin Islands
From 1850 to 1855 he was the Governor of Saint Kitts
From 1856 to 3 July 1863 he was the Governor of Saint Helena
Governor of Saint Helena
The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha...
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While he was governor of Saint Helena he devoted much of his attention to public works amongst which were the settlementis Rupert's valley and the main drainage works of Jamestown.
In 1857 the church of St. John was started, and in 1861 the church of St. Matthew at Hut's Gate was built.
In September 1860, the governor received a visit from His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was an officer in the Royal Navy serving on the H.M.S. Euralus
HMS Euryalus (1853)
HMS Euryalus was a fourth-rate wooden-hulled screw frigate of the Royal Navy, with a 400HP steam engine that could make over 12 knots. She was launched at Chatham in 1853, was 212 feet long, displaced 3125 tons and had a complement of 515...
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