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Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker KCMG OBE KStJ (17 December 1916 – 28 August 1985) was a British colonial official. He served in India from 1938 to 1948. Joining the Colonial Office in 1949, he successively served as an Administrative Officer and an Assistant Secretary in Nyasaland, and was seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953. He returned to Nyasaland to become in 1954, Deputy Financial Secretary in 1960 and in 1961. He remained in the government until 1965 when Nyasaland gained independence as Malawi in 1964. In 1965, Sir Hugh was posted to the Bechuanaland Protectorate as Her Majesty's Commissioner. Knighted in 1966, in September of the same year he witnessed the independence of the Protectorate as Botswana. In the next year, Norman-Walker was

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  • Hugh Norman-Walker (en)
  • Норман-Уокер, Хью Селби (ru)
  • 羅樂民 (zh)
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  • Сэр Хью Селби Норман-Уокер (англ. Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, 17 декабря 1916, Лондон, Великобритания — 28 августа 1985, , Уилтшир, Великобритания) — британский государственный и колониальный деятель, и. о. губернатора Гонконга (1971), губернатор Сейшельских островов (1967—1969). (ru)
  • 羅樂民爵士,KCMG,OBE(Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker,1916年12月17日-1985年8月28日),英國殖民地官員,1965年至1966年任貝專納蘭保護領、1967年至1969年任塞舌爾群島及三軍總司令兼英屬印度洋領地專員、以及由1969年至1973年任香港輔政司兼行政及立法兩局當然官守議員。 羅樂民在1938年至1948年間任職於英屬印度政府,1949年加入殖民地部後,先後在非洲尼亞薩蘭出任政務主任和等職,1953年一度獲借調到羅德西亞與尼亞薩蘭聯邦內閣。他在1954年重返尼亞薩蘭任,此後歷任副財政司和庫務司。尼亞薩蘭在1964年獨立為馬拉威後,他繼續留在政府供職至1965年為止。羅樂民在1965年調往南非以北的貝專納蘭保護領出任女皇陛下專員,1966年元旦獲封爵士,同年9月見證當地獨立為博茨瓦納。羅樂民在翌年再轉往塞舌爾群島出任總督兼三軍總司令,未幾於1969年就任香港輔政司,接替出任的祈濟時爵士,任內一度有傳言指他會接替戴麟趾爵士出任港督,但港督一位最後由外交官麥理浩爵士出任。 羅樂民爵士在1973年卸任香港輔政司後,原本會調任曼島,但他不會攜眷上任的消息傳至曼島後,引起當地強烈反響,幾經爭持,事件最後以羅樂民放棄任命告終,此後羅樂民退出地方服務,不再獲任何相關任命。晚年的羅樂民返回英格蘭定居,曾在1976年擔任懷特島郡級架構計劃小組主席。 (zh)
  • Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker KCMG OBE KStJ (17 December 1916 – 28 August 1985) was a British colonial official. He served in India from 1938 to 1948. Joining the Colonial Office in 1949, he successively served as an Administrative Officer and an Assistant Secretary in Nyasaland, and was seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953. He returned to Nyasaland to become in 1954, Deputy Financial Secretary in 1960 and in 1961. He remained in the government until 1965 when Nyasaland gained independence as Malawi in 1964. In 1965, Sir Hugh was posted to the Bechuanaland Protectorate as Her Majesty's Commissioner. Knighted in 1966, in September of the same year he witnessed the independence of the Protectorate as Botswana. In the next year, Norman-Walker was (en)
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