Hubert Ernest Newnham

Hubert Ernest Newnham CMG BA (Oxon) (1886–1970) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician.[1]

Hubert Ernest Newnham was born on 1 October 1886 in Southampton, the son of Henry Sullivan Newnham.[2] He was educated at Dean Close School, Gloucestershire and St John's College, Oxford.[3][4]

Newnham joined the Ceylon Civil Service in November 1909.[5][6] He also served in the Ceylon Light Infantry obtaining the rank of Captain in 1918.[7][8]

He was the Principal Collector of Customs and Chairman of the Colombo Port Commission. He also was the President of the Colonial Civil Servants’ Association.[3]

Newnham served as the Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council from August 1924 to July 1931.[9]

In the 1937 Coronation Honours he was awarded with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[10]

He retired from the Civil Service in 1939 and was subsequently appointed as a member of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon on 6 March 1939, resigning the position on 18 May 1943.[11][12]

Newnham married Mary Garneys née Latter (1900-1979), they had two daughters - Elisabeth Margaret (b.1931) and Audrey Garneys (1934-2005).

References
  1. "Hon. Newnham, Hubert Ernest, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. Abeyesooriya, Samson, ed. (1920). Who's Who of Ceylon - Edition 3. Colombo: St. Gerard's Press. p. 140.
  3. "Distinguished Old Decanians". Dean Close School. 8 June 2017. p. 26. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. University of Oxford (1914). "Oxford University Calendar". J. H. Parker and H. Slatter: 462. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "No. 12192". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 November 1909. p. 1158.
  6. Office of Commonwealth Relations (1939). "The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List". 72. Waterlow & Sons, Limited: 783. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Hodgins, Glen Robert-Grant. "Status on a British Ceylonese Brigade". Sri Lanka Genealogy Website. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  8. "British Forces". International Ceylon Database. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. Hulugalle, H. A. J. (1965). Centenary Volume of the Colombo Municipal Council: 1865-1965. Colombo Municipal Council. p. 50.
  10. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3082.
  11. Roberts, Michael (1977). Documents of the Ceylon National Congress and Nationalist Politics in Ceylon, 1929-1950. 1. Department of National Archives.
  12. Jātika Rājya Sabhāva. Pustakālaya (1972). "Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972". National State Assembly Library: 108. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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