150:, Nigeria from February 1903 until 1913. He succeeded F.C. Fuller as resident in Ibadan. Elgee treated the leading people of Ibadan with courtesy and respect. However, he was not approachable by the ordinary people. In 1903 Elgee wrote of "the rapid strides of late made by the people in economical and political progress. There was growing demand for post office services and for plots of land. Six European firms were established by 1903, and twenty-five German, English, French and Brazilian firms had branches in Ibadan by 1906. Elgee wrote of the legal framework in 1904,
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Government, opened the
Treasury, Customs. Police and Secretariat, and engaged clerks. He resigned his army commission in 1904. In 1906 he founded the Baale's school to provide training to the sons on the local chiefs. The school was not a success since the chiefs would not send their sons there despite pressure from the British authorities. Shipping records show Captain C. H. Elgee returning to England from West Africa on 4 May 1907, 16 September 1910, 23 April 1912 and 14 December 1913.
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that an illiterate court of native chiefs was incompetent to deal with the technicalities incident to cases of fraudulent bookkeeping and the like, and it was also clear that it was neither possible nor advisable for a native court to sit in judgement over such cases where one of the parties was an alien, nor could they be held to be competent judges in such possible cases of the murder of a native by a
European or vice versa.
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Cyril
Hammond Elgie (he later changed his surname to Elgee) was born on 18 October 1871, eldest son of the Reverend Walter Francis Elgie. His mother was Catherine, daughter of Colonel F. Hammond of the 75th Regiment and widow of Captain Webber of the 42nd regiment. She died on 25 February 1881. Cyril
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By this time, court cases were getting so numerous and so involved that it was felt necessary, if the chiefs were still to rule it with dignity to themselves and satisfaction to the
Europeans and other aliens in their midst, that some alteration in judicial procedure must be made ... It was clear
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authorities, the colonial authorities gained jurisdiction to try certain types of civil offence involving non-native people, and certain types of criminal offence whether they involved natives or foreigners. A modified form of
English laws was introduced. Elgee established the Ibadan Native
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Shipping records also show that Cyril
Hammond Elgee arrived in Liverpool on 19 September 1914 on a ship from Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and Cyril H Elgee arrived in Liverpool on 17 July 1915 from New York.
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has a brass wall plaque in his memory and that of his brother Hugh
Francis Elgee, who was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Their father had been vicar of the parish.
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Defense Force, Montserrat, 1915. Seated in centre, left to right : Lieut. Dyett, Capt. Elgee (Acting
Commissioner), Capt. Ruane, Canon Hayens
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Elgee was Acting-Commissioner, Montserrat in 1915. In 1916 there was correspondence about employment of
Captain C. H. Elgee by the government in
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In 1892 Elgee became a second lieutenant in the
Bedfordshire Regiment. He was made a lieutenant in 1893. In 1895 he served with the
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679:"Orig Foto Kolonien Cpt. C.H. Elgee mit Stammesfürsten Yoruba Nigeria Ibadan 1911"
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as a scholar in May 1885, and left in July 1889. He was admitted to the
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620:War memorials/rolls of honour for Hampshire
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482:"Legal Practice in Ibadan, 1904–1960"
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714:. 1921. p. 148. Archived from
777:People from the City of Winchester
767:People educated at Lancing College
752:Military personnel from Winchester
614:Jarvis, Steve & Jenny (2014).
554:"Cyril Hammond Elgie, later Elgee"
322:The Lancing College Magazine, 1890
310:The Lancing College Magazine, 1890
298:Orig Foto Kolonien Cpt. C.H. Elgee
16:Colonial administrator (1871–1917)
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439:The Times History of the War 1921
188:Ensigns of Royalty in West Africa
124:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
558:Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge
183:Elgee's publications included:
712:"The Times History of the War"
501:10.1080/07329113.1986.10756388
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577:Elgee, Cyril Hammond (1914).
262:Cyril Hammond Elgie ... Yonge
695:The Lancing College Magazine
535:"Capt. Cyril Hammond Elgee"
214:proposed a similar theory.
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489:Journal of Legal Pluralism
665:. National Archives. 1916
480:Adewoye, Omoniyi (1986).
194:Western Equatorial Africa
159:Based on agreements with
144:Chitral Relief Expedition
698:. C. Cull and Son. 1890
579:The Evolution of Ibadan
200:The Evolution of Ibadan
80:Colonial administrator.
645:. 1900. Archived from
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586:Falola, Toyin (1999).
210:. Several years later
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639:"Line Battalions".
95:Cyril Hammond Elgee
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782:History of Ibadan
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376:Falola 1999
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277:Jarvis 2014
173:Otterbourne
113:Early years
103:World War I
69:Nationality
49:Otterbourne
736:Categories
346:Elgee 1914
218:References
169:Montserrat
107:Montserrat
77:Occupation
41:1871-10-18
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244:Citations
126:in 1890.
208:Atlantis
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