Charles Craufurd Hay
Charles Craufurd Hay | |
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Born | 1809 |
Died | 1873 Isle of Wight |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Lieutenant-General Charles Craufurd Hay (1809–1873) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope.
Military career
Hay was commissioned as an ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 27 June 1824.[1] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1868, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1870, before retiring in September 1873.[2] As acting governor he was sympathetic to the claims of the Griqua Chief, Nicolaas Waterboer, against the Government of the Orange Free State.[3]
He was also colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot and then of the 93rd Regiment of Foot.[4]
References
- ^ "No. 18043". The London Gazette. 10 July 1824. p. 1131.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Proposed Construction of two Power Lines and Switchyards to connect the Redstone Solar Thermal Energy Plant" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 23422". The London Gazette. 15 September 1868. p. 4991.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Alexander Fisher Macintosh | Colonel of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1868–1873 | Succeeded by Sir Henry William Stisted |
Preceded by Edward Buckley Wynyard | Colonel of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 1864–1868 | Succeeded by William Sullivan |
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1806–1814
- David Baird
- Henry George Grey
- Du Pre Alexander
- Henry George Grey
- John Cradock
- Robert Meade
1814–1910
- Charles Somerset
- Rufane Shaw Donkin
- Richard Bourke
- Galbraith Lowry Cole
- Thomas Francis Wade
- Benjamin D'Urban
- George Thomas Napier
- Peregrine Maitland
- Henry Pottinger
- Harry Smith
- George Cathcart
- Charles Henry Darling
- George Grey
- Robert Wynyard
- Philip Wodehouse
- Charles Craufurd Hay
- Henry Barkly
- Henry Bartle Frere
- Henry Hugh Clifford
- George Strahan
- Hercules Robinson
- Leicester Smyth
- Henry Torrens
- Henry Augustus Smyth
- Henry Loch
- William Gordon Cameron
- Hercules Robinson
- William Howley Goodenough
- Alfred Milner
- William Butler
- Walter Hely-Hutchinson
- Harry Scobell
Those in italics were Acting Governors