Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee KCMG was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia from 1855 to 1875 LieutenantGovernor of the British Honduras from 1877 to 1882 and Administrator of Trinidad in 1884.
Frederick Barlee was born in Worlingworth, Suffolk, England onFebruary 1827. He was educated privately and at local schools, and in 1845 he entered the public service as a clerk to the Ordnance Department in Chatham and Woolwich. In 1851, Barlee married Jane Oseland. Later that year he was posted to Sierra Leone, where he served initially as a barrackmaster and storekeeper. In 1853 he became clerk to the Executive and Legislative Councils, and private secretary to the Governor of Sierra Leone Arthur Edward Kennedy.
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