Byatt, Horace, Sir, 1875-1933

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Person

Authorized form of name

Byatt, Horace, Sir, 1875-1933

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Byatt, H. A. (Horace Archer), 1875-1933 [Library of Congress]

    Other form(s) of name

    • Byatt, Horace Archer, Sir, 1875-1933
    • Byatt, H. A.

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    Dates of existence

    22/03/1875-08/04/1933

    History

    Byatt was born on the 22nd of March, 1875, in Tottenham, Middlesex to schoolmaster Horace Byatt M.A., of Midhurst, Sussex, and Laura (née Archer). He attended school at Midhurst Grammar School, in Sussex. He was then admitted into Lincoln College, Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1898. Following this, he worked within the Colonial Service. His service began in Nyasaland (what is now Malawi), where he stayed until 1905, then went to British Somaliland. He was appointed commissioner and commander-in-chief of British Somaliland in 1911, serving until 1914, when he became Colonial Secretary in Gibraltar. From 1914 to 1916 he was lieutenant-governor and Colonial Secretary of Malta. In 1916 he became an administrator in British East Africa, later becoming the first governor of the new British mandate of Tanganyika in 1920. He was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the League of Nations Mandated Territory of Tanganyika from 1920 to 1924. In 1924 he married Olga Margaret Campbell of Argyll, and had three sons with her: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt (1927–2011), Ronald (Robin) Archer Campbell Byatt (1930–2019), and David Byatt (born 1932). He died on the 8th of April, 1933, in London, aged 58.

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    England
    Malawi
    Somaliland
    Malta
    Gibraltar
    Tanganyika
    Trinidad and Tobago

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    Commissioner
    Commander-in-chief
    Colonial Secretary
    Lieutenant-governor
    Governor

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    Related entity

    Malta. Chief Secretary to Government (05/10/1813-29/10/1921)

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    Authority record identifier

    MT AF-P000024

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    MT NAM

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    Partial

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Date of creation: 16/05/2024
    Date of revision: 21/05/2024

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        Sources

        Wikipedia. (2023, November 11). Horace Byatt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Byatt#:~:text=Sir%20Horace%20Archer%20Byatt%20GCMG,the%20British%20mandate%20of%20Tanganyika.

        Library of Congress Name Authority File. (2011, July 15). Byatt, H. A. (Horace Archer), 1875-1933. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011107678

        Byatt, Horace Archer, 1875-1933. HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 14, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/575679356359

        Maintenance notes

        Creator of Authority Record: Zvetlana Pace Cassar