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Sir Charles William James Orr, KCMG (20 September 1870 – 1945) was a British colonial administrator. He was born the youngest son of Major Andrew Orr of Co. Londonderry and educated at Bath College and the Royal Military College, Woolwich. Charles’ elder sister was the astronomer Mary Acworth Orr. He served as Governor of the Bahamas from 1927 to 1932 and was knighted KCMG in 1928. Orr wrote two well-received books during his career, The Making of Northern Nigeria in 1911 and Cyprus under British Rule in 1918.

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rdfs:comment	Sir Charles William James Orr, KCMG (20 September 1870 – 1945) was a British colonial administrator. He was born the youngest son of Major Andrew Orr of Co. Londonderry and educated at Bath College and the Royal Military College, Woolwich. Charles’ elder sister was the astronomer Mary Acworth Orr. He served as Governor of the Bahamas from 1927 to 1932 and was knighted KCMG in 1928. Orr wrote two well-received books during his career, The Making of Northern Nigeria in 1911 and Cyprus under British Rule in 1918. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r70w8z
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birth date	1870-09-20 (xsd:date)
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monarch	George V
office	Governor of the Bahamas
predecessor	Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux (en)
successor	Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (en)
term end	1932 (xsd:integer)
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has abstract	Sir Charles William James Orr, KCMG (20 September 1870 – 1945) was a British colonial administrator. He was born the youngest son of Major Andrew Orr of Co. Londonderry and educated at Bath College and the Royal Military College, Woolwich. Charles’ elder sister was the astronomer Mary Acworth Orr. He was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant on 15 February 1889, and promoted to lieutenant on 15 February 1892. Serving in British India, he was promoted to captain on 7 September 1899. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War later that year, in March 1900 he was seconded for service in South Africa. He was later promoted to the rank of major. In 1903 he became the British Resident in Northern Nigeria. From 1911 to 1917 he was Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus . and from 1919 to 1926 Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar. He was made CMG in 1921. He served as Governor of the Bahamas from 1927 to 1932 and was knighted KCMG in 1928. Orr wrote two well-received books during his career, The Making of Northern Nigeria in 1911 and Cyprus under British Rule in 1918. His daughter Lettice married Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin books, becoming Lady Letitia Lucy Lane. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	1921 New Year Honours 1928 New Year Honours Bede Clifford List of governors of the Bahamas Allen Lane Governor Orr Harry Cordeaux Mary Acworth Evershed Charles Orr
is predecessor of	Bede Clifford

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