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Clifford intended to follow his father, Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, a distinguished British Army general, into the military, but later decided to join the civil service in the Straits Settlements, with the assistance of his relative Sir Frederick Weld, the then Governor of the Straits Settlements and also the British High Commissioner in Malaya.
As a British colony at the time, the constitution was adopted by an Order in Council, issued by King George, with the advice of His Privy Council. This document is also commonly referred to as the "Clifford Constitution," named after Sir Hugh Clifford, the first Governor of Nigeria.
Hugh Clifford may refer to: Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator) (1866–1941), British colonial administrator; Hugh Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1663–1730), English aristocrat; Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1700–1732), peer; Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1790–1858), British peer
Clifford was baptized on 21 December 1663 in Ugbrooke. Though the seventh child and second son, he was the eldest living son when his father, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , died. His mother, Elizabeth Martin, was the sister and co-heiress of William Martin, both children of William Martin of Lindridge.
Governor Clifford appointed 13 unofficial members to the Legislative Council, of which seven were Europeans and six Africans. [9] The seven Europeans represented commercial interests, with three representing the banking, mining and shipping sectors, and four representing commercial interests of Calabar, Kano , Lagos and Port Harcourt . [ 11 ]
Sir Henry Hugh Clifford (1826–1883), who married Josephine Anstice, a daughter of Joseph Anstice, in 1857. [3] Edmund Hugh Clifford, who died in infancy. [3] Hon. Walter Clifford (b. 1830), who became a Roman Catholic priest. [3] He died at Rome on 28 February 1858 from an injury. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles ...
In the early years of British involvement in Pahang, the then British agent to Pahang, Hugh Clifford who visited Pulau Tawar in 1888, established friendly relations with two sons of Tok Gajah, Mat Kilau and Awang Long. [12] It was reported that Mat Kilau was fondly referred to by Clifford as Adik Mat ('younger brother Mat'). [13]
The Clifford family seat, Ugbrooke Park in Devon, from Morris's County Seats (1869) Upon the death of his father on 28 February 1858, Clifford succeeded as the 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (and became a hereditary Count of the Holy Roman Empire) and inherited the family seat, Ugbrooke Park in Chudleigh, Devon, an estate of about 8,000 acres (3,200 ha). [5]