Charles Craufurd Hay
Born1809
Died1873
Isle of Wight
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant General

Lieutenant-General Charles Craufurd Hay (1809–1873) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope.

Military career

Hay was commissioned as an ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 27 June 1824.[1] He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1868, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1870, before retiring in September 1873.[2] As acting governor he was sympathetic to the claims of the Griqua Chief, Nicolaas Waterboer, against the Government of the Orange Free State.[3]

He was also colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot and then of the 93rd Regiment of Foot.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 18043". The London Gazette. 10 July 1824. p. 1131.
  2. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Proposed Construction of two Power Lines and Switchyards to connect the Redstone Solar Thermal Energy Plant" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "No. 23422". The London Gazette. 15 September 1868. p. 4991.
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