Preceded by Sir Henry Edward McCallum |
Governor of Newfoundland 1901 – 1904 |
Succeeded by Sir William MacGregor |
Preceded by Sir Charles Bruce |
Governor of Mauritius 1904 – 1911 |
Succeeded by Sir John Robert Chancellor |
Cavendish Charles Boyle was born on 29 May 1849 to Cavendish Spencer Boyle and Rose Susan Alexander of Enmore Lodge, Parish of St. Michael, Barbados, being christened on 16 Aug 1849.[1]
Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG AMInstCE (29 May 1849 – 17 September 1916) was a British civil servant, magistrate, and colonial administrator who served as Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Mauritius and British Guiana. He wrote the lyrics for the anthem of the Dominion and later Province of Newfoundland, "Ode to Newfoundland".
1849 Aug 16: Cavendish Charles Boyle, son of Cavendish Spencer Boyle and Rose Susan Boyleon Enmore Lodge, born 29th May 1849 and christened in the Parish of Saint Michael in the Island of Barbados.[1]
1851: Cavendish Charles Boyle, grandchild, 1 yearl old, born in West Indies, Barbados, living at Millards Green, Nunney, Somerset, England, United Kingdom with grandmother, Caroline Amelia Boyle; mother, Rose Susan Boyle; brother, Courtenay Edmund Boyle; sister, Caroline Louise Boyle.[2]
1861: Cavendish Boyle, son, unmarried, 11 year old male, British subject, born in Barbados, living at Weedon Beck, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom with father, Captain Cavendish Boyle; mother, Rose Boyle; sister, Caroline Boyle.[3]
1871: Cavendish C Boyle, nephew, unmarried, 21 year old, HM court of probate clerk, born in Barbados, British subject, living at 21 South Audley Street, Mayfair, St. George's Parish, Hanover Square, Westminister, England, United Kingdom.[4]
1882 Jun 20: Cavendish Boyle, Esq., appointed to be Colonial Secretary of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, and a Member of the Council of those Islands by Queen Victoria.[5]
1888 Feb 22: Cavendish Boyle, Esq. (Colonial Secretary and Registrar-General of the Bermudas or Somers Islands) appointed to be Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar by Queen Victoria.[6]
1894 Feb 17: Cavendish Boyle, Esq., C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar), appointed to be Government Secretary and Secretary to the Court of Policy and Combined Court of the Colony of British Guiana by Queen Victoria.[7]
1894 Mar 7: Cavendish Boyle, Esq., C.M.G. (Government Secretary), appointed to administer the Government of the Colony of British Guiana, in the event of the absence, &c., of the Governor by Queen Victoria.[8]
1897 Jun 22: Cavendish Boyle, Esq., C.M.G., Government Secretary of the Colony of British Guiana appointed to be an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knights Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George by Queen Victoria.[9]
1901 Feb 28: Sir Cavendish Boyle, K.C.M.G. (Government Secretary of British Guiana and lately administering the Government of that Colony in the absence of the Governor), appointed to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies by King Edward VII.[10]
1904 Apr 26: Sir Cavendish Boyle, K.C.M.G. (Governor of Newfoundland) appointed to be Governor and Commander-in Chief of the Colony of Mauritius and its Dependencies by King Edward VII.[11]
1916 Sep 17: Died, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom.[12]
1916: Buried, Hampton Cemetery, Richmond on the Thames, London, England, United Kingdom.[13]
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