Charles Vandeleur Creagh
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Charles Vandeleur Creagh C.M.G. was born on 4 October 1842. He was the second son of Captain John Creagh, R.N. of Cahirbane Co. Clare, Ireland. He died on 18 September 1917
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[edit] Career
Creagh was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy at Southsea . He was a barrister at the Middle Temple. He posted as the Assistant Resident of Perak, Governor of British North Borneo (1888 - 1895) and Commander-in-Chief Labuan (1891 - 1895).
[edit] Contributions
He donated his collection of Bornean plants to Kew Gardens.
[edit] Honor
He was made a C.M.G. in 1890. The Bauhinia Creaghi Baker, a Caesalpiniaceae family plant species was named after him. The Creagh Road in Taiping was named after him.
[edit] Sources
- Victor Plarr, Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, 1899
- Edmund Burke, The Annual Register, 1918
- Ray Desmond, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers, 1977
- Bauhinia Creaghi Baker
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