Benjamin Pine
Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809–1891) was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast, Antigua, the Leeward Islands and Western Australia.
Life
Born in 1809 in Maidstone Kent, Benjamin Pine was educated in Brighton and at
On 30 July 1868, Pine was appointed by
Pine served as Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1869 until 1871. His title then became
The city of Pinetown, in modern-day KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is named after him.
There is also a Primary school called Benjamin Pine Primary School named after him in Pinetown as well as the Pinetown High Schools (Boys and Girls) Honouring his name by the Pine Cones on the Badges.
He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. His grave (no.29309) has no headstone or marker.
Status as Governor of Western Australia
In Burt (1996), Sir Francis Burt, who was a lawyer, a judge and himself a former Governor of Western Australia, analysed the question whether Pine should be considered to have served as Governor of Western Australia. He concluded that the appointment by letters patent, together with the publication of that appointment in the newspapers of the colony, legally implied that Pine was Governor of Western Australia, even though he never arrived at the colony and was never sworn in.
The person who actually administered the colony during the period of Pine's formal tenure (2 November 1868–29 September 1869) was Lieut Col John Bruce.
References
- ^ "Pine, Benjamin Chilley Campbell (PN829BC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Honniball, John Herbert Melville; ISSN 0312-6145.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - "Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine 1868-1869". Governors and Premiers of Western Australia. West Perth, Western Australia: The Constitution Centre of Western Australia. 2002. ISBN 0-7307-3821-3. Archived from the originalon 13 September 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2005.