Sir Harry Charles Luke (HCL)

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Sir Harry Charles Luke (HCL)

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        Dates of existence

        1884-1969

        History

        Born December 1884, son of J.H. Luke (formerly Lukacs).Educated Eton College; Trinity College, Oxford.

        Private Sec. and ADC to the Governor of Sierra Leone, 1908-11, and to the Governor of Barbados, 1911.
        Attached to Colonial Office, 1911.
        Private sec. To high Commissioner of Cyprus, 1911-12.
        Asst. Sec. to Govt. of Cyprus, 1912.
        Served European War (Commander, RNVR) on the Syrian coast, 1914-15, on Staff of Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Dardanelles, and as Government Sec., Mudros, Feb. 1915-June 1916.
        Comr of Famagusta, Cyprus, 1918.
        Political Officer to Admiral of the Fleet Sir J. de Robeck, Constantinople and Black Sea, 1919-20.
        British Chief Commissioner in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, April-Sept. 1920.
        Assistant Gov. of Jerusalem, 1920-24.
        Commissioner to inquire into the Jaffa Riots of 1921, and into the affairs of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, 1921.
        Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone, 1924-28.
        CMG 1926; Chief Secretary of Palestine, 1928-30.
        Lieut.-Gov. of Malta, 1930-38; Kt 1933.
        Gov. and C-inC of Fiji, and High Comm. for the Western Pacific, 1938-42.
        KCMG 1939.
        Chief Rep of the British Council for the Caribbean, 1943-46.
        Member of Foreign Relations Council of Ch. of England.
        President, Malta League, 1955-65.

        Died 11 May 1969.

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        ArchivalJM_RC_LukeHC

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        ISAAR (CPF), 2nd edition, 2004.
        Available online: https://www.ica.org/en/isaar-cpf-international-standard-archival-authority-record-corporate-bodies-persons-and-families-2nd
        Date format: ISO 8601, 2nd edition, 2000.

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        Entry prepared and entered in January 2022.

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            The historical section includes complete passages from St Antony’s College, « MECA Catalogues. Online Guides and Handlists. Luke, Sir Harry Charles » [Online], accessed in January 2022. URL : https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gb165-0188_harry-luke-collection.pdf

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