Murchison Fletcher
{{Short description|British colonial administrator}}
{{other people||Arthur Fletcher (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Sir Murchison Fletcher
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG|CBE}}
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| caption = Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
| order = Acting
| office = Governor of British Ceylon
| term_start = June 1927
| term_end = 20 August 1928
| predecessor = Hugh Clifford
| successor = Herbert Stanley
| monarch = George V
| order1 = 12th
| office1 = High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
| monarch1 = George V
Edward VIII
| term_start1 = 22 November 1929
| term_end1 = May 1936
| predecessor1 = Sir Eyre Hutson
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| order2 = 13th
| office2 = Governor of Fiji
| monarch2 = George V
Edward VIII
| term_start2 = 22 November 1929
| term_end2 = May 1936
| predecessor2 = Sir Eyre Hutson
| successor2 = Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
| order3 = 11th
| office3 = Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
| monarch3 = Edward VIII
George VI
| term_start3 = 17 September 1936
| term_end3 = 10 January 1938
| predecessor3 = Sir Alfred Hollis
| successor3 = Sir Hubert Young
| birth_name = Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
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Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|KCMG|CBE}} (27 September 1878 – 9 April 1954)[https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&biw=412&bih=382&tbm=bks&ei=AuTkWbmNFcLtaJCpoKgC&q=sir+Arthur+George+Murchison+Fletcher+9+April+1954&oq=sir+Arthur+George+Murchison+Fletcher+9+April+1954&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.12...19684.24026.0.24671.6.6.0.0.0.0.303.1638.2-5j1.6.0....0...1.1j4.64.mobile-gws-serp..2.0.0....0.p76h3FwLfn8 Profile of Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher] was a British colonial administrator.
Career
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,{{cite book |title=Fiji: Handbook of the Colony of Fiji |year=1936 |publisher= H.R. Craigie, Government Printer|location=Suva, Fiji }} 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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Governor of British Ceylon|years=1927-1928}}
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{{s-ttl|title=High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | years=1929–1936}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Fiji | years=1929–1936}}
{{succession box | before=Alfred Claud Hollis | title=Governor of Trinidad and Tobago | years=1936–1938 | after=Hubert Winthrop Young}}
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{{Chief Secretary of Ceylon}}
{{Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon}}
{{Governors of Fiji}}
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Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Fiji
Category:Governors of British Ceylon
Category:Governors of Trinidad and Tobago
Category:High commissioners for the Western Pacific
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Chief secretaries of Ceylon
Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
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