Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy

Sir Henry Charles Donald Cleaveland Mackenzie-Kennedy KCMG (1889 – 2 August 1965[1]) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Nyasaland between 1939 and 1942, and 25th Governor of Mauritius from 5 July 1942 to 5 December 1948.[2]

Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy
Governor of Nyasaland
In office
20 March 1939 – 8 August 1942
Preceded byHarold Baxter Kittermaster
Succeeded byEdmund Charles Smith Richards
Governor of Mauritius
In office
5 July 1942 – 5 December 1948
Preceded byBede Edmund Hugh Clifford
Succeeded byHilary Rudolph Robert Blood
Personal details
Born1889 (1889)
Died2 August 1965(1965-08-02) (aged 75–76)
NationalityBritish

In 1930, Mackenzie-Kennedy was Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia. He was urged to deny the Ndola Welfare Association permission to meet, since mine owner might react unfavorably to an organization such as this being led by civil servants.[3] In June 1935, Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote to Sir Stewart Gore-Browne urging him to stand for election in Broken Hill. He said "Your duty is clear".[4]

Family

Henry Charles Donald Cleaveland Mackenzie-Kennedy was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Charles William Mackenzie-Kennedy K.B.E. C.B. and his wife Ethel née Fuller. His birth was registered in the Sep Q of 1889 at Hastings, Sussex.
He married Mildred daughter of Rev. J. G. Munday and his wife Edith née Chadwick in 1919 in the Wandsworth registration district of London.

References
  1. "Family tree of Henry Chalres "Donald" Cleveland (Sir) MACHENZIE KENNEDY". Geneanet.
  2. WorldStatesmen.
  3. Rotberg 1965, pp. 127.
  4. Rotberg 1977, pp. 168.

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