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Sir James Dundas Harford KBE CMG (7 January 1899 – 26 November 1993) was a British diplomat who served as Governor of Saint Helena from 1954 to 1958. BiographyA direct descendant of John Scandrett Harford of Blaise Castle, he was educated at Repton School and Balliol College, Oxford. Between school and university he enlisted as a second lieutenant in 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment and saw action in France between 1917 and 1918. After a period as a schoolmaster at Eton College from 1922 to 1926, Harford joined the Colonial Administration Service and was posted to Nigeria (1926–1934). He was subsequently appointed:
Harford Middle School[1] in Saint Helena is named in his honour. He was married twice:
References1. ^Harford Middle School
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| editor = Peter Townend (Ed.) | title = Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry | edition = 18th | year = 1965 | publisher = Burke's Peerage | location = London | pages = Vol. I, pp. 367–370 | chapter = Harford of Horton | nopp = true }}
| editor = Peter Townend (Ed.) | title = Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry | edition = 18th | year = 1972 | publisher = Burke's Peerage | location = London | pages = Vol. III, pp. 140–141 | chapter = Campbell, formerly of Auchendarroch and Inverawe | nopp = true }}
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