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Lieutenant Colonel Sir Harry Claude Moorhouse CMG (30 January 1872 – 16 December 1934) was an officer in the British Army who saw action in West Africa. After retiring from the Army, Moorhouse served as Chief Assistant to the Colonial Secretary and later as Provincial Commissioner in Nigeria. During World War I he returned to Army service. He also played first class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club during the first decade of the 20th century. Moorhouse joined the Royal Artillery in 1891 and saw service in Uganda (1898) and Ghana(1900). In Nigeria he commanded troops in the Aro expedition (1901-1902), the Kano-Sokoto expedition (1903) and the Onitsha hinterland expedition (1904-1905). He was awarded the D.S.O and C.M.G and was mentioned in dispatches on several occasions. During the first world war he served in Gallipoli. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Nigeria from 1921 to 1925 and served as special commissioner to the Solomon Islands from 1928.
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30 January 1872
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16 December 1934 (aged 62)
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