Surname: Clifford Forename(s): Hugh Charles b. 5 March 1866. d. 18 December 1941. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and colonial governor. Born in London. Educated at Woburn Park. Governor of North
Borneo (1900-1901). Colonial secretary in Trinidad (1903-1907) and Ceylon (1907-1912).
Governor of the Gold Coast (1912-1919) and Nigeria (1919-1925). Married twice, Mary
Ann (Minna) in 1896 and Elizabeth Lydia Rosabel in 1910. Contributed to Cornhill Magazine and Blackwood’s Magazine. Author of semi-autobiographical short stories including East Coast Etchings (1896), Studies in Brown Humanity (1898), and Bushwhacking and Other Sketches (1901). Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM, CC)