Background
MOSELEY, Charles Herbert Harley was born on August 7, 1857.
MOSELEY, Charles Herbert Harley was born on August 7, 1857.
Special Service Officer, Sierra Leone, 1881. Assistant Treasurer, Sherbro, 1882. Assistant Colonial Secretary, Siena Leone, 1884.
Justice of the Peace for the Colony, 1882.
Civil Commandant and Coroner of Sherbro, 1885. As Commandant had charge of several Special Missions to the interior tribes, and accompanied Sir Samuel Rowe, Governor of the Colony, as one of his staff on several expeditions.
Defended the towns of Lavanah Sulymah and Monah Salijah, and destroyed strongholds built by marauders. Treasurer, Gambia, 1891.
Member of Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony.
Administered the Government, 1891, 1892, and 1893. On a mission to the Fogne country, 1891, thanks of the Secretary of State for Colonies. Special mission to tribes in the interior.
Assisted the combined naval and military forces during the Gambia Expedition 1894, and was thanked by Admiral Sir F. Bedford and officer commanding troops, for services rendered.
Transferred to Lagos, 1894. Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and Board of Education.
Member of Commission appointed under Commission of Inquiry Ordinance to inquire into and report on various questions relating to the trade of the colony of Lagos. Acting Governor, Lagos, 1902,1903,1904.
Coronation Medal, 1902.
Honourable Commissioner for Southern Nigeria and Gambia Colonies at the Franco-British Exhibition, 1908. Colonial Secretary, Lagos.
Club: Junior Constitutional.
Spouse 1886, Mary,daughter of Joseph Wood of Woolley Moor and Harrogate, Yorkshire.