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	'''Ker Baillie-Hamilton''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CB}} (13 July 1804 – 6 February 1889) was a British colonial administrator. He was born in [[Cleveland, England\|Cleveland]], England, and died in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], England.		'''Ker Baillie-Hamilton''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CB}} (13 July 1804 – 6 February 1889) was a British colonial administrator. He was born in [[Cleveland, England\|Cleveland]], England, and died in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells\|Tunbridge Wells]], England.

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'''Ker Baillie-Hamilton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB}} (13 July 1804 – 6 February 1889) was a British colonial administrator. He was born in [[Cleveland, England|Cleveland]], England, and died in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], England.

Hamilton was educated at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military College]], [[Woolwich]], where he went on to serve in [[Mauritius]] and the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. In 1846 became governor of [[Grenada]]. Beginning in 1851 he was the administrator of [[Barbados]] and the [[Windward Islands]]. In 1852 Hamilton was appointed governor of [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]].

Hamilton antagonized the [[Liberal parties in pre-confederation Newfoundland|Newfoundland Liberal Party]] by impeding the decision of the British government in 1854 to grant [[responsible government]]. He was quickly transferred by the colonial office and appointed governor of [[Antigua]] and the [[Leeward Islands]] in March 1855. He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1862 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22647 |page=3707 |date=25 July 1862}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Governors of Newfoundland]]
* [[List of people from Newfoundland and Labrador]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g46.html Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador'']
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5355 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']

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