Hudson Lowe

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Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, (28 July 1769 – 10 January 1844) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint Helena from 1816 to 1821. Seeing service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he is best known for serving as the de facto gaoler of Napoleon when he was in exile on Saint Helena.

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