Hamilton Goold-Adams

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Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams
CB
12th Governor of Queensland
In office
15 March 1915 – 3 February 1920
MonarchGeorge V
PremierDigby Denham
T. J. Ryan
Ted Theodore
Preceded bySir William MacGregor
Succeeded bySir Matthew Nathan
Personal details
Born(1858-06-27)27 June 1858
Mentioned in Despatches

Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams,

CB (27 June 1858, in Jamesbrook, County Cork – 12 April 1920) was an Irish soldier and colonial administrator, who served as Governor of Queensland
from 1915 to 1920.

Early life

Born in the townland of Jamesbrook in County Cork, Ireland, fourth son of Richard Wallis Goold-Adams (1802–73) and Mary Sarah Goold-Adams (d. 1899), daughter of Sir William Wrixon-Becher, 1st Baronet.

Military career

Hamilton Goold-Adams was a cadet in the training ship

Mentioned in Despatches
.

Colonial administrator and governor

Lady Morgan, accompanied by Governor Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, presenting a bouquet on the Bombala, Brisbane, 1915

Goold-Adams was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the

Lieutenant-Governor,[1][2]
serving as such until 1907, when he became governor.

Goold-Adams was made a

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
in 1907.

Goold-Adams returned to England in 1911, where he married a Canadian named Elsie Riordon on 4 July. Later that year he was appointed British

Legislative Council of Queensland
.

Returning to England after his retirement, Goold-Adams contracted pleurisy on board ship, and died in Cape Town, South Africa in 1920.

Personal life

Upon his return from South Africa on 4 July 1911, he married Elsie Riordan of Montreal, Canada; they had two children.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamilton Goold-Adams.
  • D. J. Murphy, 'Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858–1920)',
    Melbourne University Press
    , 1983, p. 50.
  • Elizabeth Main: Man of Mafeking: The Bechuanaland Years of Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, 1884–1901, Botswana Society (Botswana), 1996.
  1. ^ "Latest intelligence – Orange River Colony". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 3.
  2. ^ "No. 27459". The London Gazette. 29 July 1902. p. 4834.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Orange River Colony
1907–1910 		Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by Governor of Queensland
1915–1920 		Succeeded by
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