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The HonourableSir Walter Hely-HutchinsonGCMG PC
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson

Governor of Cape Colony
In office 9 January 1901 – 1910
Monarchs	Queen Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Gordon Sprigg Sir Leander Starr Jameson John X. Merriman
Preceded by	Sir William Butler
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Jenner Scobell
Governor of Natal
In office 1893–1901
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Francis Haden
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Edward McCallum

Personal details
Born	Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson (1849-08-22)22 August 1849
Died	23 September 1913(1913-09-23) (aged 64)
Children	Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG PC (22 August 1849 – 23 September 1913) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.

Background and education

Hely-Hutchinson was the second son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore. He was educated at Cheam School, Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

Hely-Hutchinson was a barrister of the Inner Temple, 1877; Private Secretary to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of New South Wales; for Fiji Affairs, 1874; for New South Wales, 1875; Colonial Secretary of Barbadoes, 1877; Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta, 1883; Lieutenant-Governor of Malta between 1884 and 1889, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Windward Islands between 1889 and 1893 and as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand between 1893 and 1901 and Special Commissioner for Amatongaland. While in Natal he inaugurated the system of Responsible Government in Natal, and completed the annexation of the Trans-Pongola Territories, which form an integral part of Zululand.

He was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1901, during the height of the Second Boer War in South Africa, and was the last British governor until the post disappeared when the colony joined the Union of South Africa in 1910. He also acted as High Commissioner for Southern Africa in 1909 during the absence of Lord Selborne. Following the end of the Boer war in June 1902, he was among those responsible for introducing the peace settlement in the colony. In November–December 1902 he made a month long tour of the Malmesbury, Saldanha Bay, Piquetberg, Clanwilliam, and Ceres districts. The following month, he welcomed the British Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, during his tour of South Africa.

Hely-Hutchinson was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by the University of Edinburgh and was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor; thus he was styled The Rt. Hon.

Family

Hely-Hutchinson married in 1881 May Justice, the daughter of Major-General William Clive Justice, CMG, commanding British troops in Ceylon. They had seven children:

John Walter Hely Hutchinson b. 14 Jan 1882, d. 11 Sep 1955
Violet La Vallette Hely Hutchinson b. 26 Jul 1883, d. 11 Dec 1883
Christopher Douglas Hely Hutchinson b. 30 Jan 1885, d. 7 Nov 1958, earned the Military Cross during World War I and was president of the British South Africa Company
Maurice Robert Hely Hutchinson b. 22 May 1887, d. 11 Feb 1961, Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings
Jocelyn Frederick Osbert Hely Hutchinson b. 17 Jul 1891, d. 18 Jan 1893
Natalie Leila Margaret Hely Hutchinson b. 5 Aug 1894, d. 1981; married the archaeologist and administrator Gerard Mackworth Young.
Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely Hutchinson b. 28 Dec 1901, d. 11 Mar 1947, composer and musician. He was discovered to be a child prodigy as a toddler when he could vocally mimic the notes his mother played on the piano.

References

^ "Hely-Hutchinson, Rt Hon. Sir Walter Francis, (22 Aug. 1849–23 Sept. 1913)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u186994. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"No. 26431". The London Gazette. 11 August 1893. p. 4574.
Creswicke 1901, p. 169.
"No. 27265". The London Gazette. 11 January 1901. p. 229.
"Latest intelligence - Cape Colony". The Times. No. 36929. London. 19 November 1902. p. 5.
"Latest intelligence - Mr. Chamberlain". The Times. No. 36978. London. 15 January 1903. p. 3.
^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, pp. 1163-1164
"Victor Hely-Hutchinson Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
"Victor Hely-Hutchinson". MusicWeb.

Creswicke, Louis (1901). South Africa and the Transvaal War. Vol. 6 (of 8). Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded bySir William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne	British High Commissioner to South Africa 1909	Succeeded bySir David Murray Anderson
Government offices
Preceded bySir Walter Sendall	Governor of the Windward Islands 1889–1892	Succeeded bySir Charles Bruce
Preceded byFrancis Haden	Governor of Natal 1893–1901	Succeeded bySir Henry McCallum
Preceded bySir William Butler	Governor of Cape Colony 1901–1910	Succeeded bySir Henry Scobell

v t e Governors of the Cape Colony
British occupation 1806–1814	David Baird Henry George Grey Du Pre Alexander Henry George Grey John Cradock Robert Meade
British colony 1814–1910	Charles Somerset Rufane Shaw Donkin Richard Bourke Galbraith Lowry Cole Thomas Francis Wade Benjamin D'Urban George Thomas Napier Peregrine Maitland Henry Pottinger Harry Smith George Cathcart Charles Henry Darling George Grey Robert Wynyard Philip Wodehouse Charles Craufurd Hay Henry Barkly Henry Bartle Frere Henry Hugh Clifford George Strahan Hercules Robinson Leicester Smyth Henry Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth Henry Loch William Gordon Cameron Hercules Robinson William Howley Goodenough Alfred Milner William Butler Walter Hely-Hutchinson Harry Scobell Those in italics were acting governors
State President of the South African Republic State President of the Orange Free State Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Prime Minister of Natal

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