Humphrey George Hardtman Berkeley 70
- Born: 1861, St. Kitts, West Indies
General Notes:
1881 - Law student ADMINISTRATION OF FIJI MR. BERKELEY'S CHARGES. LONDON, 2nd February.
Serious allegations respecting the administration of Fiji have been ma de by Mr. Humphrey Berkely, a brother of Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, formerly Chief Justice of Fiji. Mr. Berkeley, accompanied by Mr. G. Fox, recently arrived in London from Fiji on a mission of endeavor to obtain redress of the social and political grievances of the Fijians, and to persua de Mr. Chamberlain to appoint a royal commission to inquire into the system known in Fiji as the Native Regulations. Mr. Berkeley alleges that the Fijians are being subjected to official tyranny and crushing taxation. He urges the Colonial Office to appoint a commission to inquire into the administration of Fiji. (February 4, 1903)
Noted events in his life were:
1. He appeared on the census in 1881 in 14 Oxford Terrace, Paddington, London.
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