# Frederic Cardew

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{{Short description|British Army officer and Governor of Sierra Leone}}
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[Colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)) '''Sir Frederic Cardew''', [KCMG](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (27 September 1839 – 6 July 1921) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer and colonial governor. He was [Governor of Sierra Leone](/source/Governor_of_Sierra_Leone) from 1894 to 1900.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 July 1921 |title=Sir Frederic Cardew |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |pages=15}}</ref> The [hut tax](/source/hut_tax) that he introduced led to the [Hut Tax War of 1898](/source/Hut_Tax_War_of_1898).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abraham |first=Arthur |date=1974 |title=Bai Bureh, The British, and the Hut Tax War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/216556 |journal=The International Journal of African Historical Studies |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=99–106|doi=10.2307/216556 |jstor=216556 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== References ==
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* [https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-194412 ukwhoswho.com]

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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:Governors of Sierra Leone

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