James Hayes Sadler

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler KCMG CB FRGS (21 May 1827 – 9 January 1910) was a British diplomat and civil servant.

In 1854 Sadler was commissioned into the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia (later the Royal Sussex Artillery Militia and then the 3rd Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery (Militia)). He was promoted Lieutenant the following year and Captain in 1858. He was promoted to Honorary Major in 1874, and full Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1879. He resigned his commission in 1882.

Following his retirement from the army, Sadler became a diplomat. He was Consul at Chicago, and most of the Midwestern American States in 1887.^[1]

In 1893 and again in 1893-94, he was Chief political resident of the Persian Gulf (for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States). He subsequently held a number of senior governmental roles in East Africa and the West Indies. He was Resident and later Consul general in British Somaliland from 1897 to early 1902, when he was appointed Commissioner, Commander-in-chief and Consul general for the Uganda Protectorate.^[2]^[3]

Sadler died in 1910, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

His wife, Sophia Jane, Lady Sadler, died on 12 February 1902, and is buried next to him.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Stuart Godfrey	Chief political resident of the Persian Gulf 1893	Succeeded by James Crawford
Preceded by James Crawford	Chief political resident of the Persian Gulf 1893–1894	Succeeded by Frederick Wilson
Preceded by William Ferris (Resident)	Consul-General of British Somaliland (Resident 1897-8) 1898–1901	Succeeded by Eric Swayne
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Harry Johnston	Commissioner of Uganda 1902–1906	Succeeded by Hesketh Bell
Preceded by Sir Donald Stewart	Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate 1905–1909	Succeeded by Sir Percy Girouard
Preceded by Sir Ralph Champneys Williams	Governor of the Windward Islands 1909–1910	Succeeded by Sir George Haddon-Smith

↑ The London Gazette: no. 25688. p. 1914. 1 April 1887.
↑ "Commissioner in Uganda" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 December 1901. (36638), p. 11.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27403. p. 709. 4 February 1902.
↑ "Court circular" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 December 1901. (36635), p. 9.