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{{Short description|Australian-born British colonial administrator}}<br />
'''Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan''', KCSI, CSI, VD (4 July 1878 – 1 April 1938) was an Australian-born British colonial administrator in India. He was [[List of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar|Governor of the Central Provinces]] (of the Central Provinces and Berar from 1936) from 1933 to 1938.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gowan |first1=Sir Hyde |title=Speeches of His Excellency Sir Hyde Gowan ..., Governor of the Central Provinces: 16th September 1933-31st March 1937 |date=1937 |publisher=Government Printing, C.P. & Berar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7oGMwEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gowan |first1=Tim |title=The Diary of Sir Hyde Gowan: Governor of the Central Provinces, India, During the Years 1933 To 1938 |date=24 November 2018 |publisher=Mereo Books |isbn=978-1-909874-86-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDl9wQEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Office |first1=Great Britain India |title=The India List and India Office List |date=1819 |publisher=Harrison. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&dq=central+provinces+and+berar&pg=RA2-PA213 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
Born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] in 1878,<ref>{{cite book |title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG122019}}</ref> the son of Dr Bowie Campbell Gowan and Leila Gowan, Hyde Gowan was educated at Rugby School, where he was Senior Classical Scholar, and New College, Oxford, where he was Senior Open Scholar.{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br />
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Joining the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1902, he was posted to the [[Central Provinces]] where, with the exception of a short period in 1908, he spent the whole of his career. He was Under-Secretary to the Government of the Central Provinces from 1902 to 1908. That year, he was officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Commerce and Industry Department.{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br />
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Returning to the Central Provinces, he was Financial Secretary from 1918 to 1921, in 1925, and in 1926, Chief Secretary from 1927 to 1932, and Member of the Executive Council from 1932 to 1933. He was also Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Nagpur Rifles, [[Auxiliary Force (India)]] from 1920 to 1925.{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br />
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Gowan was appointed Governor of the Central Provinces in 1933, but resigned in 1938 for medical reasons. He died before his resignation could take effect, on 1 April, in London.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 April 1938|title=Sir Hyde Gowan|page=14|work=[[The Times]]}}</ref><br />
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