Harry Luke
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Sir Harry Charles Luke, KCMG (1884-1969) was a British colonial official. He served as the Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone. In 1921, he was Assistant Governor of Jerusalem and was appointed a member of the Haycraft Commission which was established by Herbert Samuel to investigate the cause of the riot which started in Jaffa on May 1 that year.
He was subsequently appointed to be the acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine. He assumed this position on 19 July 1928 and held it until 6 December 1928. In August 1929, acting as deputy to Sir John Robert Chancellor, he attempted to mediate an agreement between Jewish and Arab leaders, without success. He held the post of Lieutenant Governor of Malta and, later, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the British Western Pacific Territories from 16 September 1938 to 21 July 1942.
Wrote The Old Turkey and the New (First published in 1936 by Macmillan & Co Ltd under the title The Making of Modern Turkey) as well as other texts on the Old and New world of the time.
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| Preceded by Herbert Onslow Plumer |
High Commissioner of Palestine 1928 |
Succeeded by Sir John Robert Chancellor |
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Frederick Richards |
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1938–1942 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Sir Alexander Grantham |
| Governor of Fiji 1938–1942 |
Succeeded by Sir Philip Euen Mitchell |
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