Kenneth James Allardyce MBE (9 April 1881 – 14 April 1937) was a British colonial administrator in Fiji.
Kenneth Allardyce | |
|---|---|
| Secretary for Native Affairs | |
| In office –1920 | |
| Official Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1914–1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1881 Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Died | 14 April 1937 (aged 56) Nabavatu, Fiji |
| Profession | Colonial administrator |
Biography edit
Allardyce was born in Aberdeen in 1881,[1] and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Wellington College. He joined his brother William in Fiji in 1898 and became a member of the civil service,[2] starting as a clerk.[3] In 1902 he was made chief clerk and inspector.[4] He later became a District Commissioner in Lomaiviti, then Native Commissioner in 1914.[5] Shortly after becoming Native Commissioner, he was appointed to the Legislative Council.[5] He subsequently became Secretary for Native Affairs.[3]
During World War I he headed the Fiji Labour Corps,[3] attaining the rank of captain.[6] He was subsequently awarded an MBE for his service.[2]
After retiring from the civil service in 1920, he became a coconut planter.[7] He was sent to the Solomon Islands in 1922 as a special commissioner to investigate labour conditions.[8] He also briefly returned to the civil service as Acting District Commissioner in Lau and Resident Commissioner in Rotuma.[3] He died in 1937.[3]
References edit
- ^ William Johnston (1894) A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of James Young, Merchant Burgess of Aberdeen and Rachel Cruickshank His Wife, 1697-1893, with Notes on Many of the Families with which They are Connected, University Press, p18
- ^ a b "Aberdeen man's death on south sea island", The Scotsman, 18 May 1937
- ^ a b c d e Death of K.J. Allardyce Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1937, p71
- ^ Fiji The Daily Telegraph, 10 January 1902
- ^ a b Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1914, p85
- ^ Charles Prestwood Lucas (1924) The Empire at War: Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Humphrey Milford, p395
- ^ Labor in the Solomons The Daily Telegraph, 15 April 1922
- ^ Brij V. Lal, Doug Munro & Edward D. Beechert (1993) Plantation Workers: Resistance and Accommodation, University of Hawaii Press, p150