George HEMMANT

1880 - 1944  (64 years)

• Name	George HEMMANT
  Birth	13 Oct 1880	East Neuk, Blackheath, London
  Gender	Male
  1911 Census	1911	Bulimba, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
  	Living at home, Civil Servant
  Death	After 1944
  Person ID	I2785	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	William HEMMANT,   b. 24 Nov 1837, Kilgate, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Sept 1916, Kent, England (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lucy Elizabeth Ground,   b. Apr 1843, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 1897, Sevenoaks, Kent, England (Age ~ 53 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1866	Holy Trinity Church, Coates, Cambridgeshire, England
  	Bedfordshire Times and Independent 29 Sept 1866: '...Lucy Elizabeth, Eldest daughter of Daniel Ground, Esq., Eldernell, Cambridgeshire' Bedfordshire Times and Independent 29 Sept 1866. '...Lucy Elizabeth, Eldest Daughter of Daniel Ground, Esq., Eddernell, Cambridgeshire'
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Oct 1880 - East Neuk, Blackheath, London 1911 Census - Living at home, Civil Servant - 1911 - Bulimba, Sevenoaks, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Edinburgh Gazette June 4 1929, and London Gazette June 3 1929 George Hemmant, Esq, of the Malayan Civil Service, Under Secretary, Straits Settlements. Made Companion St Michael and St George. National Archives ref CO 448/35/3 - Birthday Honours: Companion of St Michael and St. George - George Hemmant, Esq. Class 1A Officer, Malayan Civil Service, lately acting Colonial Secretary Straits. George Hemmant, CMG. Nigeria Chief Secretary 1930-1934 Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2 edited by John Venn: HEMMANT, GEORGE. Adm. at PEMBROKE, Oct. 1899. [5th) S. of William (agent for Australian warehousemen], of Bulimba, Sevenoaks. B. Oct. 13, 1880, at East Neuk, Greenwich. School, Tonbridge. Matric. 1899; Scholar, 1899; B.A. 1902 (22nd Wrangler). Entered the Malayan Civil Service, 1903. Under -Secretary, Straits Settlements, 1924. Acting Colonial Secretary, 1928-9. Chief Secretary to the Government of Nigeria, 1930-4. Officer administering the Government of Nigeria, 193o-4. C.M.G., r919. Retired, 1934. Of Worplesdon, Surrey, in 1944. (Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Who's Who.)