Alfred Claud Hollis
Sir Alfred Claud Hollis GCMG CBE (12 May 1874 – 22 November 1961)[1][2][3] was British administrator who served as British Resident to the Sultan of Zanzibar between 1923 and 1929 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1930 and 1936 and author of a historical account of Spanish Trinidad.
Education and career
Hollis was born in London, and was privately educated in England, Switzerland and Germany. He worked for a commercial company in German East Africa (1893–96) and in 1897 he was appointed assistant collector in the British East Africa Protectorate.[1] He wrote pioneering works on the Maasai (1905) and the Nandi people (1908).[1]
In 1913, Hollis took up the post of colonial secretary in Sierra Leone, and in 1920 he was appointed chief secretary in Tanganyika.[1] In 1924 he became British Resident Minister in Zanzibar.[1]
In 1930 Hollis was made governor of Trinidad, holding that post until his retirement in 1936.[1] He came into conflict with Arthur Andrew Cipriani over the transfer of the electric works to the authority of the Port of Spain City Corporation.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 G. H. Mungeam, "Hollis, Sir (Alfred) Claud (1874–1961)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 22 February 2015.
- ↑ https://www.aspiringmindstandt.com/alfred-claude-hollis
- ↑ https://biblio.co.uk/the-nandi-by-alfred-claud-hollis/work/1542198
Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Lanham, Md, and London: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
Preceded by Horace Archer Byatt |
Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1930–36 |
Succeeded by Arthur George Murchison Fletcher |