Henry Hesketh Bell
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1864 – 1952
Who was Henry Hesketh Bell?
Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell GCMG was a British colonial administrator and author.
He began his career in the colonial service in the Bahamas with a minor position but was promoted to Administrator of Dominica within a few years. He was the Commissioner, and Governor of the Uganda Protectorate where he was hugely successful in eradicating sleeping sickness. Port Bell in Kampala is named in his honour. He was later Governor of Northern Nigeria Protectorate, Governor of the Leeward Islands and the 21st Governor of Mauritius.
Bell authored several books including memoirs, fiction, and colonial history and administration.
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