| 词条 | James Robert Longden |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = James Robert Longden |honorific-suffix = |image = James Robert Longden.png |alt = |order = 15th |office = Governor of British Ceylon |term_start = 4 September 1877 |term_end = 10 July 1883 |predecessor = William Henry Gregory |successor = John Douglas acting governor |monarch = Queen Victoria |order2 = |office2 = |term_start2 = |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_date = 7 July 1827[1] |birth_place = Fitzroy Square, London |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1891|10|4|1827|7|7}} |death_place = Longhope, Gloucestershire |restingplace = Brookwood Cemetery |restingplacecoordinates = {{Coord|51.300307|-0.625660|display=inline|format=dms}} |birthname = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |nickname = |allegiance = |branch = |serviceyears = |rank = |unit = |commands = |battles = |awards = }} Sir James Robert Longden {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG}} (1827 – 4 October 1891) was an English colonial administrator. Longden was born as the youngest son of John R. Longden, proctor, of Doctors' Commons, London. In 1844, two years after the establishment of a civil government, he was appointed government clerk in the Falkland Islands, and became acting colonial secretary the year after. In 1861 he was appointed President of the Virgin Islands, in 1865 Governor of Dominica, in 1867 Governor of British Honduras, in 1870 Governor of Trinidad, Governor of British Guiana in 1874, and in December 1876 Governor of Ceylon, which post he held until his retirement in 1883. He was made CMG in 1871, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG}} in 1876, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG}} in the 1883 Birthday Honours.[2] After his retirement he resided at Longhope, near Watford, Hertfordshire, and took a very active part in county affairs. He was a J.P. and alderman for the county under the Local Government Act. He died at Longhope on 4 October 1891. His funeral took place at Brookwood Cemetery on 9 October 1891. FamilyOn 22 September 1864[3] on the island of Saint Kitts, he married Alice Emily Berridge (1846–1910), younger daughter of James Samuel Berridge (1806–1885), a local landowner and businessman, and his wife Jane Chapman (1803–1888). They had six children, including:
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References1. ^{{cite book|title=Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica|date=1900|publisher=Hamilton, Adams, and Company|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TltIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107|accessdate=2 September 2016|language=en}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 25233|page=2731 |date= 24 May 1883 }} 3. ^Gloucestershire Notes and Queries. Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013. 245-6 http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Gloucestershire_Notes_and_Queries_1000743797/271. Retrieved 2 December 2015 4. ^https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68926953. Retrieved 2 December 2015 5. ^http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U239967. Retrieved 2 December 2015 6. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Marriages|day_of_week=Saturday |date=24 February 1900 |page_number=1 |issue=36074 }}
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