Charles Cavendish Boyle

For other people of the same name, see Charles Boyle (disambiguation).

Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle, KCMG (29 May 1849 – 7 September 1916) was a British colonial administrator. He joined the British Colonial Office and was made magistrate in the Leeward Islands in 1879. He served as Colonial Secretary in Bermuda from 1882 to 1888 and in Gibraltar from 1888 to 1894 and was granted a knighthood for his service. In 1894 he moved to British Guiana.

From 1901 to 1904, Boyle was Governor of Newfoundland and wrote poems to the island's rugged beauty including the Ode to Newfoundland which was adopted as the dominion's national anthem. As governor, Boyle donated a trophy, the Boyle Challenge Cup, to the Newfoundland Hockey League.

Boyle continued his career as the 19th Governor of Mauritius from 20 August 1904 to 10 April 1911,^[1] after which he retired to Brighton, England.

See also: List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Charles Lees	Governor of British Guiana, acting 1895–1896	Succeeded by Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming
Preceded by Sir Henry Edward McCallum	Colonial Governor of Newfoundland 1901–1904	Succeeded by Sir William Macgregor
Preceded by Sir Charles Bruce	Governor of Mauritius 1904–1911	Succeeded by Sir John Chancellor

External links

• Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

References

1. ^ Mauritius infosite

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Name	Boyle, Charles Cavendish
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Date of birth	29 May 1849
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Date of death	7 September 1916
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