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{{Short description|British general and colonial administrator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]]
|name = Sir William
|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG|KBE|CB}}
|image = The National Archives UK - CO 1069-111-7.jpg
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|caption = Captain. W. H. Manning (photo taken from ''British Central Africa'' by Sir {{w|Harry Johnston}} 1897)
|order = 23rd
|office = Governor of British Ceylon
|term_start = 10 September 1918
|term_end = 1 April 1925
|monarch = [[George V]]
|predecessor = [[Reginald Edward Stubbs]]<br>(Acting governor)
|successor = [[Cecil Clementi]]<br>(Acting governor)
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|term_start3 = 7 March 1913
|term_end3 = 11 May 1918
|monarch3 = [[Edward VII]]
|predecessor3 = [[Philip Clark Cork]]
|successor3 = [[Robert Johnstone (governor)|Robert Johnstone]]
|birth_name = William Henry Manning
|birth_date = {{birth-date|19 July 1863}}
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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Sir William Henry Manning''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCMG|KBE|CB}} (19 July 1863 – 1 January 1932) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and colonial administrator.
==Early life==
Manning was educated at the [[University of Cambridge]] as a [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|non-collegiate student]]<ref>{{acad|id=MNN883WH|name=Manning, William Henry}}</ref> and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned a [[
==Diplomatic and military service in Africa==
He commanded the operations against Chief [[Mpezeni]] in North-East [[Rhodesia]] in 1898, for which he was promoted brevet [[Major (rank)|major]] in 1898<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27045 |date=24 January 1899 |page=463}}</ref> and brevet [[lieutenant-colonel]] in 1899.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27122 |date=3 October 1899 |page=6005}}</ref>
Manning raised and commanded the [[Central Africa Regiment]] and was the first [[
==Commissioner of Somaliland and governor of Nyasaland==
In February 1913 he became [[Governor of Jamaica]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28691 |date=18 February 1913 |page=1238}}</ref> and was granted the perpetual honorary rank of Brigadier-General,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28687 |date=4 February 1913 |page=846}}</ref> which he had held for most of his service since 1901. In September 1918 he was appointed [[Governor of Ceylon]]. He was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1918 and [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (GCMG) in the 1921 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32178 |date=1 January 1921 |page=5|supp=y}}</ref> He retired in 1925.▼
In February 1910 Manning was appointed commissioner and commander-in-chief of the [[Somaliland Protectorate]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28342 |date=22 February 1910 |page=1326}}</ref> and in November 1910 Governor and C-in-C of the [[Nyasaland Protectorate]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28436 |date=11 November 1910 |page=8073}}</ref> where the border post Fort Manning (now [[Mchinji]], [[Malawi]]) was named after him. He retired from the Indian Army in December 1910.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28454 |date=6 January 1911 |page=133}}</ref>
==Governor of Jamaica and governor of Ceylon==
▲In February 1913 he became [[
The [[Manning Cup]] school football competition in Jamaica was named after him.
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In 1920, he married Olga Mary Sefton-Jones and they had three daughters; one, Rowena Margaret, was born in London in 1926.<ref>https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl</ref>
*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 4 January 1932▼
==Footnotes==
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==References==
▲*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 4 January 1932
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