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Walter Edward Davidson : ウィキペディア英語版 | Walter Edward Davidson
Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG (20 April 1859 – 15 September 1923) was a colonial Administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, where he died in office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Australian Dictionary of Biography )〕 ==Early life and career== Born in April 1859 at Valletta, Malta, Davidson was the son of James Davidson of Killyleagh, Ireland, an agent for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. After being educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, Davidson graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1880 he entered the Ceylon Civil Service and, by 1898, had risen to be Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo (1897–1898). In 1902 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and Colonial Secretary in the Colony of Transvaal, South Africa, involving himself in the post-Boer War reconstruction. He held this office until 1904.〔
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