Charles Craufurd Hay | |
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Born | 1809 |
Died | 1873 Isle of Wight |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Lieutenant-General Charles Craufurd Hay (1809–1873) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope.
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]