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Charles Harper (golfer)
Charles Harper may refer to: *Charles Harper (colonial administrator) (1876–1950), English rugby player, civil servant and Governor of St. Helena *Charles Harper (mayor) (c. 1875–1954), Western Australian businessman and mayor of two local governments *Charles Harper (minister) (1799–1872), Anglican minister in Toodyay Western Australia *Charles Harper (politician) (1842–1912), pastoralist, newspaper proprietor and politician in colonial Western Australia *Charles A. Harper (born c. 1815), Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court *Charles George Harper (1863–1943), English author and illustrator *C. Michael Harper (1927–2016), American businessman *Jack Harper (1900s pitcher) (Charles William Harper, 1878–1950), pitcher in Major League Baseball *Chick Harper (Charles Harper, ), American baseball player *Charles Harper (runner), winner of the 1967 distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Other uses *Charlie Harper (Two and a Half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harper (colonial Administrator)
Sir Charles Harper Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (24 February 1876 – 13 May 1950) was a British colonial administrator. Biography He was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, and Exeter College, Oxford, and played rugby football for Oxford University RFC, Oxford University and England national rugby union team, England. In 1900, Harper entered the Colonial Service as a Cadet in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast Civil Service and was attached to the Ashanti Field Force. He left the Gold Coast in 1909 when he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple; the following year he married Marjorie Ford. Harper returned to the Gold Coast and in May 1914 was appointed Acting Colonial Secretary in Accra. At the outbreak of World War I, he served as Senior Political Officer with the Togoland Field Force during the occupation of the former German colony, a post he held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |