Hamilton Goold-Adams
| Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams GCMG, CB | |
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| 12th Governor of Queensland | |
| In office 15 March 1915 – 3 February 1920 | |
| Monarch | King George V |
| Preceded by | Sir William MacGregor |
| Succeeded by | Sir Matthew Nathan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 June 1858 County Cork, Ireland, UK |
| Died | 12 April 1920 (aged 61) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Spouse(s) | Elsie Riordon |
| Children | Richard John Moreton Goold-Adams
Elizabeth Mary Goold-Adams |
Major Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, GCMG, CB (27 June 1858 – 12 April 1920) was an Irish soldier and colonial administrator who was Governor of Queensland in Australia from 1915 to 1920.
Biography
Born in the town of Jamesbrook in County Cork, Ireland, Goold-Adams was a cadet in the training ship HMS Conway until he decided to join the British Army and was commissioned in the Royal Scots Regiment, serving principally in southern Africa, where he achieved the rank of captain in 1885 and major in 1895. During the Second Boer War he served first as Resident Commissioner in Bechuanaland and afterwards as commander of the Town Guard during the latter half of the Siege of Mafeking where he was twice Mentioned in Despatches.
He was made Deputy Commissioner and later Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony under Governor Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner from 1901 to 1907. He was made CMG in 1902 and GCMG in 1907.
He returned to England in 1911 where he married a Canadian named Elsie Riordon on 4 July. Later that year he was appointed British High Commissioner to Cyprus. In 1914 he was made Governor of Queensland, and arrived in Brisbane just before the election of Queensland's first majority Labor government, under Premier T. J. Ryan. He occasionally disapproved of Labor's policies and majority appointments to the Legislative Council of Queensland.
Returning to England after his retirement, Goold-Adams contracted pleurisy on board ship, and died in Cape Town, South Africa in 1920.
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Lady Morgan, accompanied by Governor Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, presenting a bouquet on the Bombala, Brisbane, 1915
References
- D. J. Murphy, 'Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858 - 1920)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, p. 50.
- Elizabeth Main: Man of Mafeking: The Bechuanaland Years of Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, 1884-1901, Botswana Society (Botswana), 1996.
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| Preceded by Sir William MacGregor |
Governor of Queensland 1915–1920 |
Succeeded by Sir Matthew Nathan |
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