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William Hart-Bennett : ウィキペディア英語版 | William Hart-Bennett
William M. Hart-Bennett, CMG (1861–1918) was a British government official who served overseas. He was a British colonial minister in Nassau, Bahamas and a Governor of British Honduras (now known as Belize) from 29 January 1918 to 4 September 1918, and before that was employed as Colonial Secretary of the Bahamas.〔("WIFE OF BAHAMA OFFICIAL.; Mrs. W. Hart Bennett, Who Was Lost, Prominent in Life There." ), The New York Times〕 Hart-Bennett was married to Ella Mary Tuck, the daughter of Charles E. Tuck of Norwich, Ontario. Ella was an author and a prominent figure in Nassau's society. She was president of the Nassau Dumb Friends League and a member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. She is best remembered as the author of the book ''( An English Girl In Japan )'' (1906). Ella died at the age of 49 in the sinking of the ''RMS Empress of Ireland'' on 29 May 1914.〔 Bennett himself died on 4 September 1918 from injuries sustained in a fire on 17 August 1918, when a flagpole at the courthouse fell on him.〔Andrew Steinhauer, ("8 of the Most Devastating Fires in the History of Belize" )〕 A new building (which now serves the Supreme Court) was completed in 1926, and its clock tower memorializes him.〔John Noble and Susan Forsyth, "Belize", pg 81〕 ==References==
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