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Sir Matthew Nathan (Chinese Translated Name ??????) (1862 - 1939) was a United Kingdom|British soldier and civil servant, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal and Queensland. Sir Matthew Nathan was born on January 3rd|3 January, 1862 in Paddington, England. He was of Jewish descent. Nathan was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst and Royal Engineers' School, Chatham, Kent|Chatham in 1880-1884 when he was gazetted to Royal Engineers in 1880. Nathan was sent to military expeditions to Sudan (1884-1885|5) and to Lushai (1889-1894). He was promoted to the position of Captain in 1889 and became the secretary to the Colonial Defence Committee between 1896 and 1898. Nathan was promoted to Major in 1898. Nathan was appointed acting governor of Sierra Leone from 1899 to 1900. In the same year, he was appointed as Governor of Gold Coast, a position he occupied unil 1903. In 1903, Nathan was appointed as Governor of Hong Kong, a position he would serve until 1907. During his tenure, Nathan was credited with the establishment of a central urban planning and reconstruction policy, which regulated the growth of Hong Kong and built major throughfares in the Kowloon Peninsula. The construction of Kowloon-Canton Railway started under this period. In 1907, Nathan was made Governor of KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal (until 1909). In that same year, he was raised to a higher rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Eventually, Nathan returned to England and took up an appointment as secretary to the General Post Office, a position he served until 1911. Nathan became the Chairman of the Board of Ireland Revenue between 1911 and 1914. He served as under-secretary for Ireland in from 1914 to 1916. In that same year, he was appointed as secretary to the Ministry of Pension, a position he held until 1919. In 1920, Nathan was appointed Governor of Queensland. He served in that position until 1925. It was to be his last post within the Colonial Services. During his tenure, Nathan actively promoted British migration to Queensland. After his appointment expired, Nathan left Queensland for retirement in Somerset, England. Nathan was a lifelong bachelor, and rumors were rife at the time about his alleged affairs with a number of women. Nathan died in England in 1939.
Nathan Road, the main commercial artery in the Kowloon Peninsula (otherwise known as the Golden Mile), was named after him, as were Nathan and Nathan Heights, suburbs of Brisbane (the capital city of Queensland, Australia).
start box succession box | before = Sir Frederic Cardew | title = Governor of Sierra Leone | years = 1899–1900 | after = Sir Frederic Cardew succession box | before = Frederick Mitchell Hodgson | title = Governor of Gold Coast | years = 1900–1903 | after = John Pickersgill Rodger succession box | before = Sir Francis Henry May, Acting Administrator | title = 13th Governor of Hong Kong | years = 1904–1907 | after = Lord Frederick Lugard succession box | before = Sir Henry Edward McCallum | title = Governor of Natal | years = 1907–1909 | after = Paul Sandford succession box | before = Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams | title = Governor of Queensland | years = 1920–1925 | after = Sir Thomas Goodwin end box Category:Governors of Hong Kong|Nathan, Matthew Category:Governors of Queensland|Nathan, Matthew Category:1862 births|Nathan, Matthew Category:1939 deaths|Nathan, Matthew zh:彌敦 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Matthew Nathan".
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