Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy KCMG (1839 – 6 May 1900) was a British colonial administrator.
Biography
Roger Goldsworthy was born in Marylebone, Middlesex in 1839, and educated at Sandhurst, the younger brother of Major-General Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy MP (1837–1911). He joined his father and brother in Calcutta in 1855 and later joined the volunteer cavalry known as Havelock's Irregulars. During the Indian rebellion of 1857 he won medals and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1859 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 17th Lancers. He resigned in 1866.
From 1868 to 1870, Goldsworthy was Inspector General of Police in Sierra Leone; during this time he married a widow named Eliza Egan. He was then commandant of the Hausa Armed Police and District Magistrate of Lagos until 1873. He then became Inspector of Customs for the Gold Coast until 1874. In 1874 he was made CMG for his role in the war with the Akumahs. His next appointment was as President of Nevis from 1876 to 1877.
In 1877, Goldsworthy was appointed Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, a position which also implied an appointment to the Western Australian Legislative Council. He took up both appointments on 30 August 1877, holding them until his resignation on 7 September 1880. Following this, he was Administrator and Colonial Secretary of Saint Lucia from 1881 to 1884; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Honduras from 1884 to 1891; and Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1891 to 1897.
Goldsworthy was made KCMG in 1889. He died on 6 May 1900.
References
- Black, David; Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byAlexander Augustus Melfort Campbell | President of Nevis 1876–1877 |
Succeeded byArthur Elibank Havelock |
| Preceded byAnthony O'Grady Lefroy | Colonial Secretary of Western Australia 1877–1880 |
Succeeded byEdric Gifford |
| Preceded byArthur Elibank Havelock | Administrator of Saint Lucia 1881–1884 |
Succeeded byEdward Laborde |
| Preceded byIrwin Charles Maling | Administrator of Grenada 1882–1883 |
Succeeded byEdward Laborde |
| Preceded byRobert William Harleyas Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras | Governor of British Honduras 1884–1891 |
Succeeded byCornelius Alfred Moloney |
| Preceded byThomas Kerr | Governor of the Falkland Islands 1891–1897 |
Succeeded bySir William Grey-Wilson |
- 1839 births
- 1900 deaths
- 17th Lancers officers
- British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Colonial Service officers
- British colonial police officers
- Colonial Secretaries of Western Australia
- Governors of British Honduras
- Governors of the Falkland Islands
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
- People from Marylebone
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Governors of British Saint Lucia
- Governors of British Grenada
- Governors of Nevis
- 19th-century Australian politicians