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.

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.[citation needed]

Luce ended his career in 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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