Herbert Reginald McClure
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Herbert Reginald McClure | |
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 Photograph taken by Richard Meinertzhagen, 1906 | |
| Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands | |
| In office April 1920 – 1 January 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Carlyon Eliot |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Grimble |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1883[1] |
| Died | 1 January 1925[2] Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Colonial Service |
Herbert Reginald McClure (23 March 1883 – 1 January 1925) was a British Colonial Service administrator who served in Kenya and later as Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. He joined the Royal Navy and was appointed as Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1898.[1] He trained as an officer cadet at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, when the wooden hulk HMS Britannia was the barracks. He "passed out" (graduated) following examinations in April 1899.[3]
He joined the Colonial Service. He was appointed as the District Commissioner of Nyeri in Kenya in 1914.[4] During his tenure, McClure was noted in colonial reports for his administrative work on land tenure and local governance within the reserve.[5] He was appointed Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in February 1922.He died in Sydney, Australia, on 1 January 1925 while staying at the Wentworth Hotel.[2]
