James Harford
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Sir James Dundas Harford KBE CMG (7 January 1899 – 26 November 1993) was a British diplomat who served as Governor of Saint Helena from 1954 to 1958.
A direct descendant of John Scandrett Harford of Blaise Castle, he was educated at Repton School and Balliol College, Oxford. Between school and university he enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment and saw action in France between 1917 and 1918. After a period as a schoolmaster at Eton College from 1922 to 1926, Harford joined the Colonial Administration Service and was posted to Nigeria (1926–1934).
He was subsequently appointed:
- Administrator of Antigua and Federal Secretary of the Leeward Islands (1936–1940);
- Administrator of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1940–1946);
- Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (various periods between 1937 and 1946);
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1943);
- To serve in the Colonial Office (1946–1947);
- Colonial Secretary of Mauritius (1948–1953);
- Acting Governor of Mauritius (1948 and 1950);
- Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Saint Helena (1954–1958);
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1956).
Harford Middle School in Saint Helena is named in his honour.
He was married twice:
- (14 March 1932) to Countess Thelma Alberta Louisa Evelyne Metaxà (died 22 October 1934), sister of 9th Count Metaxà, and only daughter of Count Andrea Francis Albert Cochrane Metaxà RNR; 1 son.
- (20 February 1937) to Lilias Madeline (died 9 December 2006), eldest daughter of Major Archibald Campbell AEC; 2 daughters.
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- (1938) "Metaxà", Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Privy Council and Order of Precedence, 96th (Coronation honours) Edition, London: Shaw Publishing in conjunction with Burke's Peerage, pp. 2689–2690.
- (1965) "Harford of Horton", in Peter Townend (Ed.): Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th Edition, London: Burke's Peerage, Vol. I, pp. 367–370.
- (1972) "Campbell, formerly of Auchendarroch and Inverawe", in Peter Townend (Ed.): Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th Edition, London: Burke's Peerage, Vol. III, pp. 140–141.
- (1993) in John Jones and Catherine Willbery (Edd.): The Balliol College Register (1940–1990), 6th Edition, printed for private circulation.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir George Joy |
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Saint Helena 1954–1958 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Alford |
Categories: British Empire | Leeward Islands (Caribbean) | History of Mauritius | Saint Helena | History of Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1899 births | Old Reptonians | Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford | Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George | British colonial governors and administrators | British diplomats | 1993 deaths
