William Luce (colonial administrator)

Sir William Henry Tucker Luce, GBE, KCMG (25 August 1907 – 7 July 1977) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden from 1956 to 1960.

Sir William Luce

GBE, KCMG
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden
In office
1956–1960
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Tom Hickinbotham
Succeeded bySir Charles Hepburn Johnston
Personal details
Born
William Tucker Luce

(1907-08-25)25 August 1907
Alverstoke, Hampshire
Died7 July 1977(1977-07-07) (aged 69)
Fovant, Wiltshire
RelationsAdmiral Sir David Luce (brother)
ChildrenRichard Luce, Baron Luce
Diana Luce
ParentsRear Admiral John Luce
Mary Dorothea Tucker
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Luce was the son of Rear Admiral John Luce and Mary Dorothea Tucker.[1] He was educated at Clifton College.[2] His brother was Sir David Luce, who served as First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy. His granddaughter is comedian Miranda Hart.

Luce ended his career in the Sudan as Adviser to the Governor-General on Constitutional and External Affairs and was knighted in 1956. After four years as Governor of Aden he became Political Resident in the Persian Gulf from 1961 to 1966.[3]

He married Margaret Napier, daughter of Trevylyan Napier, who was the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station (1919–1920). By her he had two children:

Luce died in 1977, aged 69.

References
  1. Profile, peerage.com; accessed 14 June 2015.
  2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp391/2: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. Images of Empire: Photographic Sources for the British in the Sudan. p. 100.


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