Murchison Fletcher

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Sir Murchison Fletcher KCMG CBE
Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher

Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office June 1927 – 20 August 1928
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Hugh Clifford
Succeeded by	Herbert Stanley
12th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 22 November 1929 – May 1936
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII
Preceded by	Sir Eyre Hutson
13th Governor of Fiji
In office 22 November 1929 – May 1936
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII
Preceded by	Sir Eyre Hutson
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
11th Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
In office 17 September 1936 – 10 January 1938
Monarchs	Edward VIII George VI
Preceded by	Sir Alfred Hollis
Succeeded by	Sir Hubert Young

Personal details
Born	Arthur George Murchison Fletcher (1878-09-27)27 September 1878
Died	9 April 1954(1954-04-09) (aged 75)

Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher, KCMG, CBE (27 September 1878 – 9 April 1954)^[1] was a British colonial administrator.

Career

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He was Colonial Secretary of Ceylon from 1926 to 1929, during which time he was Acting Governor from 1927 to 1928. He was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 22 November 1929 to 28 November 1936,^[2] and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from 1936 to 1938. His tenure coincided with the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–39.

Murchison Fletcher is mentioned in several contemporary Trinidadian calypso songs, notably "The Governor's Resignation" and "Commission's Report" by Attila the Hun and "We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher" by Lord Executor.

References

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^ Profile of Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
^ Fiji: Handbook of the Colony of Fiji. Suva, Fiji: H.R. Craigie, Government Printer. 1936.

Government offices
Preceded by Hugh Clifford	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1927-1928	Succeeded by Herbert Stanley
Preceded by Sir Eyre Hutson	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1929–1936	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Preceded by Sir Eyre Hutson	Governor of Fiji 1929–1936	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Richards
Preceded by Alfred Claud Hollis	Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1936–1938	Succeeded by Hubert Winthrop Young

v t e ←Governors of British Ceylon
Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*
Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**
Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

v t e Chief Secretary of Ceylon
Colonial Secretary	Cleghorn Boyd Arbuthnot Rodney Anstruther Tennent MacCarthy Gibson Irving Birch Douglas Smith Walker im Thurn Ashmore Clifford Booth Stubbs Clementi Murchison Fletcher Bourdillon
Chief Secretary	Bourdillon Tyrrell Wedderburn Wodeman Drayton

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Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1924–1931) →

President: Hugh Clifford (1924–27); Murchison Fletcher (1927–28); Herbert Stanley (1928–31); Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1931); Graeme Thomson (1931)
Vice President: James Peiris (1924–1930); Don Baron Jayatilaka (1930–31)

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Harold Higginson
Colonial Secretary	Cecil Clementi Murchison Fletcher Edward Bruce Alexander
Attorney General	Lancelot Elphinstone
Controller of Revenue	Edward Bruce Alexander Walter Ernest Wait
Colonial Treasurer	Wilfrid Wentworth Woods

Nominated Members (10)

Official Members (7)	Frank Arthur Stockdale Lachlan Macrae John Strachan James Frederick Edmund Bridger Francis Graeme Tyrrell Thomas Reid Maas Thajoon Akbar
Unofficial Members (3)	Hermann Albert Loos Gerard Wijeyekoon Kadiravalepillai Balasingham

Elected Members (34)

Territorial (24)

Colombo Town (North) (1)	Victor Corea
Colombo Town (South) (1)	James Peiris
Colombo District (1)	Don Baron Jayatilaka
Negombo District (1)	D. S. Senanayake
Kalutara Revenue District (1)	E. W. Perera
Western Province (Ceylon Tamil) (1)	Arunachalam Mahadeva
Central Province (Urban) (1)	Gerard Wijeyekoon
Central Province (Rural) (1)	George E. de Silva
Northern Province (Northern) (1)	Ponnambalam Ramanathan
Northern Province (Southern) (1)	A. Canagaratnam
Northern Province (Eastern) (1)	T. M. Sabaratnam (from 19 Feb. 1925)
Northern Province (Western) (1)	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Northern Province (Central) (1)	Suppiramaniam Rajaratnam
Southern Province (Eastern) (1)	V. S. de S. Wikramanayake
Southern Province (Central) (1)	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere
Southern Province (Western) (1)	C. W. W. Kannangara
Trincomalee Revenue District (1)	M. M. Subramaniam
Batticaloa Revenue District (1)	E. R. Tambimuttu
North Western Province (Western Division) (1)	C. H. Z. Fernando
North Western Province (Eastern Division) (1)	Godfrey Edward Madawala
North Central Province (1)	H. R. Freeman
Province of Uva (1)	Henry Kotelawala
Kegalla Revenue District (1)	Alexander Francis Molamure
Ratnapura Revenue District (1)	Arthur Hamilton Ekneligoda Molamure

Communal (10)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	George Alfred Henry Wille Nathaniel John Martin
Muhammadan (3)	Mohamed Macan Markar N. H. M. Abdul Cader T. B. Jayah
Indian (2)	I. X. Pereira S. R. Muhammad Sultan K. Natesa Iyer (from 11 Dec. 1925)
Unknown	Thomas Yates Wright Edwin James Hayward William Loring Kindersley Thomas Southorn (until 1925) George Thornton Alfred Henry Frank Clarke (from 26 Nov. 1924) W. A. de Silva (from 19 Feb. 1925) Punchi Banda Rambukwelle (from 19 Feb. 1925) Thomas Lister Villiers (from 19 Nov. 1925) Neill Graeme Campbell (from Mar. 1926)

v t e Governors of Fiji
Robinson Gordon Des Vœux Mitchell Thurston O'Brien Allardyce Jackson im Thurn Major May Sweet-Escott Hunter-Rodwell Hutson Fletcher Barton Richards Luke Mitchell Rankine Nicoll Grantham Freeston Garvey Maddocks Jakeway Foster

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