Charles Craufurd Hay

Charles Craufurd Hay
Born	1809
Died	1873 Isle of Wight
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	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.

Military career

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]

References

1. "No. 18043". The London Gazette. 10 July 1824. p. 1131.
2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. "Proposed Construction of two Power Lines and Switchyards to connect the Redstone Solar Thermal Energy Plant" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
4. "No. 23422". The London Gazette. 15 September 1868. p. 4991.

Military offices
Preceded by Alexander Fisher Macintosh	Colonel of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1868–1873	Succeeded by Sir Henry William Stisted
Preceded by Edward Buckley Wynyard	Colonel of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 1864–1868	Succeeded by William Sullivan