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West Ridgeway.
British civil servant and colonial administrator (1844-1930)
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About West Ridgeway
Sir Joseph West Ridgeway,, known as Sir West Ridgeway, was a British civil servant and colonial governor. He was involved in the MacDonald Affair, when sodomy and child molestation charges were brought against Hector Archibald MacDonald, commander of British forces in British Ceylon. He brought MacDonald back to England hoping to avoid a scandal, but MacDonald still committed suicide.
Everything about West Ridgeway →- Occupation
- civil servant, diplomat, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Governor of British Ceylon, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- May 16, 1844
- Died
- April 16, 1930