Walter Joseph Sendall

Walter Joseph Sendall

Walter Joseph Sendall (1832-1904) was a British colonial governor.

Life

As Director of Public Instruction in Ceylon, he expanded the system of schools, teaching in English and the vernacular [ [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990214/mirror4.html The Sunday Times Mirror Magazine ] ] .

He was Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, from 1885 to 1889. There he promoted road construction in Grenada, and founded a botanic garden [Charles Bruce, "The Broad Stone of Empire: Problems of Crown Colony Administration" (1910), p. 226.] . He suspended the Legislative Council on St. Vincent, rather than appoint black members he felt were unqualified [Bonham C. Richardson, "Economy and Environment in the Caribbean: Barbados and the Windwards in the" (1997), pp. 53-4.] . After some hesitation he supported finance for the Grenada Boys' Secondary School [ [http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/bnccde/grenada/conference/papers/cox.html "The Grenada Boys' Secondary School and the Debate Over Secondary Education in Grenada, 1885-1946", Edward L. Cox] .] .

He was Governor of Barbados from 1889 to 1891 [ [http://rulers.org/rulb1.html Countries Ba-Bo ] ] . He was High Commissioner of Cyprus, from 1892 to 1898 [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Cyprus.html] . He was Governor of British Guiana, from 1898 to 1901 [ [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guyana.htm Guyana ] ] .

Honours

He was Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1887, knighted KCMG in 1889, and GCMG in 1899 ["Dictionary of National Biography"] .

Notes

External links

* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?locid=36&rNo=23 Bust by Edward Lanteri, National Portrait Gallery]
* [http://www.grenadaart.com/art325.htm Portrait]


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