Herbert Reginald McClure

Herbert Reginald McClure, (23 March 1883 – 1 January 1925) was a British Colonial Service administrator. 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]

Herbert Reginald McClure
Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
In office
April 1920 – 1 January 1925
Preceded byEdward Carlyon Eliot
Succeeded byArthur Grimble
Personal details
Born23 March 1883[1]
Died1 January 1925[2]
Sydney, Australia
NationalityBritish
OccupationColonial Service

He joined the Colonial Service. He was appointed as the District Commissioner of Nyeri in Kenya in 1914.[4] He was appointed as officer in charge of the Masai Reserve in Kenya in 1920.[5] He was appointed Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in February 1922. He died in Sydney, Australian on 1 January 1925 while staying at the Wentworth Hotel.[2]

Selected works
  • McClure, Herbert Reginald (1 January 1925). Land-travel and seafaring: A frivolous record of twenty years wanderings. London: Hutchinson & Co. ASIN B00086ZQW8.

References
  1. "McClure, Herbert Reginald (Date of Birth: 23 March 1883)". National Archives (UK). 15 September 1897. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. "OBITUARY. MR. H. R. McCLURE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 January 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. "H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1898". 1898. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. "Government Notice 30 – Appointments". Kenya Gazette. 28 January 1914. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. "Government Notice 161 – Appointments". Kenya Gazette. 5 May 1920. Retrieved 17 September 2021.


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