Charles Vandeleur Creagh

Charles Vandeleur Creagh CMG was born on 4 October 1842. He was the second son of Captain John Creagh, RN of Cahirbane Co. Clare, Ireland. He died on 18 September 1917

Career

Creagh was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy at Southsea . He was a barrister at the Middle Temple. He posted as the Assistant Resident of Perak, Governor of North Borneo (1888 - 1895) and Commander-in-Chief Labuan (1891 - 1895).^[1]

Contributions

He donated his collection of Bornean plants to Kew Gardens.

Honor

He was made a CMG in 1890. The Bauhinia Creaghi Baker, a Caesalpiniaceae family plant species was named after him. The Creagh Road in Taiping was named after him.

Sources

• Victor Plarr, Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, 1899
• Edmund Burke, The Annual Register, 1918
• Ray Desmond, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers, 1977
• Bauhinia Creaghi Baker

References

1. ^ "CREAGH, Charles Vandeleur". Who's who, biographies, 1905: page 369. http://books.google.com/books?id=iEVLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA369. 

Government offices
Preceded by William Maunder Crocker	Governor of North Borneo 1888-1895	Succeeded by Leicester Paul Beaufort

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