Arthur William Mahaffy

Arthur William Mahaffy
District Officer, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate;
Deputy Commissioner, British Solomon Islands Protectorate;
Colonial Secretary of Colony of Fiji, and then Assistant High Commissioner;
Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides;
Administrator, Dominica
Personal details
Born22 October 1869
Howth, co. Dublin, Ireland
Died28 October 1919
Dominica
NationalityBritish
SpouseEdith Enid Boyd (1874 – 1960)
ChildrenSibell Frances Kathleen Lucy Mahaffy (1904 – 1965);
John Mahaffy (1906 – 1934)
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
OccupationColonial Service

Arthur William Mahaffy O.B.E. was a colonial administrator who served in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate, the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, the Colony of Fiji, the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, with his final post being the Administrator of Dominica.