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Name: BELL, Henry Hesketh Joudou GCMG, Sir
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1864 Chambery, Savoy, France
Death Date: 1 Aug 1952 Kensington, London
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1909
Profession: Entered Colonial Civil Service, W. Indies 1882, Senior Asst. Treasurer Gold Coast 1891, Receiver General and a MEC Bahamas 1894, Administrator of Dominica 1899. The first Governor of Uganda, 1906-09
Area: Uganda
Married: Unmarried
Author: 'Glimpses of a Governor's Life' 1946
Book Reference: Gillett, Cuckoo, Debrett, Moyse, Colonial, Playne, Drumkey, UJ, EAHB 1907, Chandler
School: Brussels and Paris
General Information:
Governor of N. Nigeria 1909, of Leeward Islands 1912 and of Mauritius 1915, GCMG 1925
Uganda Journal - Vol 22, p. 186 - Group photograph of Uganda officials November 1907.
See entry in Wikipedia.
Naturalised British 23 Nov 1894