Reginald Edward Stubbs
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Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1876 - 1947) was a British colonial governor.
The son of William Stubbs, a historian and bishop successively of Chester and Oxford, Reginald Edward Stubbs was born on 13 October 1876. He was educated at Radley and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He obtained first class honours in Classical Moderations in 1897 and first class honours in Lit. Hum. in 1899. He received B.A. in 1899, M.A. in 1920, Honorary Fellow Corpus Christi College in 1926, and Hon. LL.D. in Hong Kong in 1926.
He entered Colonial Office in 1900 as a second-class clerk. Serving as acting first class clerk in 1907-1010, he became 1st class clerk in 1910. He was then sent on special mission to Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong in 1910 to 1911. He was a member of West Afican Lands Committee in 1912. He became a colonial secretary of Ceylon in from 1913 to 1919. He was appointed Hong Kong Governor in 1919-1925, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica in 1926-1932. He was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus from October 1932 to November 1933, and Ceylon from 1933 to 1937.
He retired in 1937. He was the vice-chairman of West India Royal Commission in 1938-1939 and Chairman of Northern Division Appellate Tribunal for Conscientious Objectors in 1941-1947.
Stubbs was maded a C.M.G. in 1914, K.C.M.G. in 1919 and a G.C.M.G. in 1928.
Stubbs Road in the mid-level of Hong Kong Island was named after him.
He married Lady Marjory Stubbs in 1909. They had two sons and one daughter.
Stubbs died on 7 December 1947.
See also
| Preceded by: Sir Francis Henry May | Governor of Hong Kong 1919-1925 | Followed by: Sir Cecil Clementi |
| Preceded by: Brig. Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson | Governor of Jamaica 1926-1932 | Followed by: Sir Alexander Ransford Slater |
| Preceded by: Sir Ronald Storrs | Governor of Cyprus 1932-1933 | Followed by: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer |
| Preceded by: Sir Grame Thompson | Governor of Ceylon 1933-1937 | Followed by: Sir Andrew Caldecott |