In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british colonial official”. Today it says “official in the british colonial office”.
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Harry Charles Luke , KCMG (1884-1969) was a British colonial official. His father was of Austro-Hungarian origin, but later acquired American citizenship; his mother was a Polish Catholic of the minor nobility. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Oxford . He served as the Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone . In 1921, he was Assistant Governor of Jerusalem and was appointed a member of the Haycraft Commission which was established by Herbert Samuel to investigate the cause of the riot which started in Jaffa on May 1 that year. He was subsequently appointed to be the acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine . He assumed this position on 19 July 1928 and held it until 6 December 1928. In August 1929, acting as deputy to Sir John Robert Chancellor , he attempted to mediate an agreement between Jewish and Arab leaders, without success. He held the post of Lieutenant Governor of Malta and, later, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the British Western Pacific Territories from 16 September 1938 to 21 July 1942.1
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Sir Harry Charles Luke (born Harry Charles Lukach ) KCMG , GCStJ , D.Litt. of Oxford (1938) and honorary LLD of Malta , ( London 1884 - Cyprus 1969) was an official in the British Colonial Office .He served in Barbados , Cyprus, Transcaucasia , Sierra Leone , Palestine , Malta , the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji .He is the author of some books on several of these countries.Americanized spelling of the Hungarian (Lukács), from the personal name Lukács, Hungarian form of Lucas (English: Luke).
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He is the author of some books on several of these countries. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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He served in Barbados , Cyprus , Transcaucasia , Sierra Leone , Palestine , Malta , the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji . He is the author of some books on several of these countries. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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He served in Barbados , Cyprus , Transcaucasia , Sierra Leone , Palestine , Malta , the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji . He is the author of some books on several of these countries. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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british colonial official
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official in the british colonial office
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