Sir Edmond Howard Lacam Gorges, KCMG, rarely also written Edmund (16 January/11 February 1872 in King William's TownSir Edmond Howard Lacam Gorges. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025. – 18 November 1924 in Cape Town) was a South African politician and Administrator of South West Africa, present-day Namibia.Biographies, G. Klaus Dierks. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
Gorges became the first civilian South African administrator to assume responsibility for South West Africa on 31 October 1915. He held the office until 1 October 1920.
Gorges was married to Dora Faure, with whom he had two children.
He was Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.Further Administration of Justice Proclamation, 1920. NamibLII. Retrieved 5 January 2025. A Baobab ("Sir Howard") in the former Bantustan of Ovamboland is named after him, after Gorges was the first administrator to visit this part of the country in 1916.Sir Howard. Photo by Andreas Vogt, Digital Namibian Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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