- Charles Vandeleur Creagh
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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
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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
- ^ "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 CrockerGovernor of North Borneo
1888-1895Succeeded by
Leicester Paul BeaufortCategories:- 1842 births
- 1917 deaths
- British Malaya
- British diplomat stubs
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