Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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, GBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) was a British

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 colonial administrator.
Clifford was born in Roehampton

Roehampton

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, London

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, the sixth of the eight children of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford

Henry Hugh Clifford

Major General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford VC KCMG CB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:Clifford was the third son of Hugh Charles Clifford, 7th...

 and his wife Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice; his grandfather was Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh.
Clifford married Minna à Beckett, daughter of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett

Gilbert Arthur a Beckett

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett was an English writer.-Biography:Beckett was born at Hammersmith, United Kingdom, the eldest son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and the brother of Arthur William à Beckett...

, on 15 April 1896, and they had one son and two daughters: Hugh Gilbert Francis Clifford, Mary Agnes Philippa and Monica Elizabeth Mary.