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Hubert Ernest Newnham

Hubert Ernest Newnham CMG BA (Oxon) (1886–1970) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician. [ 1 ] Hubert Ernest Newnham was born on 1 October 1886 in Southampton , the son of ...

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Hubert Ernest NewnhamCMGBA (Oxon) (1886–1970) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician.[1]

Hubert Ernest Newnham was born on 1 October 1886 in Southampton, the son of Henry Sullivan Newnham.[2] He was educated at the Junior School of Monkton Combe School,[3] at Dean Close School, Gloucestershire and St John's College, Oxford.[4][5]

Newnham joined the Ceylon Civil Service in November 1909.[6][7] He also served in the Ceylon Light Infantry obtaining the rank of Captain in 1918.[8][9]

He was the Principal Collector of Customs and Chairman of the Colombo Port Commission. He also was the President of the Colonial Civil Servants’ Association.[4]

Newnham served as the Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council from August 1924 to July 1931.[10]

In the 1937 Coronation Honours he was awarded with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[11]

He retired from the Civil Service in 1939 and was subsequently appointed as a member of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon on 6 March 1939, resigning the position on 18 May 1943.[12][13]

Newnham married Mary Garneys née Latter (1900-1979), they had two daughters - Elisabeth Margaret (b.1931) and Audrey Garneys (1934-2005).

References

  1. ↑"Hon. Newnham, Hubert Ernest, M.P."Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ↑Abeyesooriya, Samson, ed. (1920). Who's Who of Ceylon - Edition 3. Colombo: St. Gerard's Press. p. 140.
  3. ↑Monkton Combe School Register 1868-1964
  4. 12"Distinguished Old Decanians". Dean Close School. 8 June 2017. p. 26. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ↑University of Oxford (1914). "Oxford University Calendar". J. H. Parker and H. Slatter: 462.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "N.º 12192" . The Edinburgh Gazette . 5 de noviembre de 1909. pág. 1158. 
  7. ↑ Oficina de Relaciones de la Commonwealth (1939). "Lista de la Oficina de Dominios y la Oficina Colonial". 72. Waterlow & Sons, Limited: 783.{{cite journal}}: Para citar una revista se requiere |journal=( ayuda )
  8. ↑ Hodgins, Glen Robert-Grant. "Estatus de una brigada británica de Ceilán" . Sitio web de genealogía de Sri Lanka . Consultado el 7 de marzo de 2019 .
  9. ↑ "Fuerzas Británicas" . Base de datos internacional de Ceilán. Archivado del original el 22 de marzo de 2014. Consultado el 7 de marzo de 2019 .
  10. ↑ Hulugalle, HAJ (1965). Volumen del Centenario del Consejo Municipal de Colombo: 1865-1965 . Consejo Municipal de Colombo . pág. 50. 
  11. ↑ "N.º 34396" . The London Gazette (Suplemento). 11 de mayo de 1937. pág. 3082. 
  12. ↑ Roberts, Michael (1977). Documentos del Congreso Nacional de Ceilán y la política nacionalista en Ceilán, 1929-1950 . Vol. 1. Departamento de Archivos Nacionales. 
  13. ↑ Jātika Rājya Sabhāva. Pustakālaya (1972). "Miembros de las Asambleas Legislativas de Ceilán: 1931-1972". Biblioteca de la Asamblea Nacional del Estado: 108.{{cite journal}}: Para citar una revista se requiere |journal=( ayuda )