Cavendish Boyle
Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Charles Cavendish Boyle 29 May 1849 |
Died | 29 May 1916 London, England | (aged 67)
Spouse |
Judith Sassoon (m. 1914) |
Profession | Colonial administrator |
Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG AMInstCE (29 May 1849 – 17 September 1916) was a British colonial administrator. Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Mauritius and British Guiana,[1]
Early life and education
Known as Cavendish Boyle, he was the son of Capt. Cavendish Spencer Boyle and Rose Susan Alexander, daughter of Lt-Col. C. C. Alexander, RE, grandson of Sir Courtenay Boyle and a great-grandson of the Seventh Earl of Cork and Earl of Orrery.[1][2]
Career
Boyle joined the British Colonial Office and was made magistrate in the Leeward Islands in 1879. He served as Colonial Secretary in Bermuda from 1882 to 1888 and in Gibraltar from 1888 to 1894 and was granted a knighthood for his service. In 1894 he moved to British Guiana, where he was Government Secretary and acted as Governor several times.[1]
In March 1901, he was appointed Governor of Newfoundland,[3] where he arrived in St. Johns in mid-June.[4] He stayed as such until 1904, and wrote poems to the island's rugged beauty including the Ode to Newfoundland which was adopted as the dominion's national anthem. As governor, Boyle donated a trophy, the Boyle Challenge Cup, to the Newfoundland Hockey League.
He continued his colonial career with a posting as the 19th Governor of Mauritius from 20 August 1904 to 10 April 1911, after which he retired to Brighton, England.[1]
Personal life
In 1914, Boyle married to Judith Louise Sassoon MBE (1874-1964), daughter of Reuben David Sassoon (1835-1905). They had no children. He died in London in 1916 after undergoing an operation.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sir Cavendish Boyle". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 18 September 1916. p. 11.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 900. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "No. 27290". The London Gazette. 1 March 1901. p. 1499.
- ^ "Court and Social". The Times. No. 36483. London. 17 June 1901. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)