Name James Higginson | Died 1885 | |
James Macaulay Higginson (1805–1885) was Governor of Antigua from 1847 to 1850.
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Life
Higgonson was secretary to Sir Charles Metcalfe, administrator in British India, and accompanied him when Metcalfe was posted to Jamaica and then Canada. He was the eighth Governor of Mauritius. from 8 January 1851 to 20 September 1857.
He was made a Companion of the Order of Bath in 1851 and a Knight Commander in 1857.
Family
Higginson married firstly, Louisa Shakespear, the eldest daughter of Henry Davenport Shakespear. Secondly, he married Olivia Nichola Dobbs at Leamington Spa, on 11 November 1854.
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