Hugh Clifford
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Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) was a British civil servant who served as high commissioner of British Malaya when it was a part of the British Empire. Clifford was one of the architects of British policy favouring the Malay ethnic group. He wrote Farther India which chronicles European explorations and discoveries in Southeast Asia.
He was also was Governor of the Gold Coast (today's Ghana) from 1912 to 1919 – see Sir Philip Crampton Smyly.
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