Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas KCB

Order of the Bath

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, KCMG, (1853-1931), was a civil servant and historian of Welsh

Welsh people

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 extraction.

Lucas was born at Crickhowell

Crickhowell

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, Brecon, Wales. He was the grandson of Dr. Henry John Lucas (1773-1840) and Jenetta Illtyda (1776-1821) and son of Henry Lucas. His sister, Mary Anne Lucas, married the first Baron Glanusk

Baron Glanusk

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. Lucas was educated at Winchester College

Winchester College

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 and Balliol College

Balliol College, Oxford

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, Oxford

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Lucas was called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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, on 30 April 1885. He became a civil servant in the Colonial Office

Colonial Office

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 which led to his becoming head of the Dominion Department and, in 1907, to his knighthood.

In the 1880s he was invited to teach at The Working Men’s College. From 1897-1903 he became Vice Principal of the College, and from 1912-1922 the Principal.

He wrote ‘A Historical Geography Of The British Colonies’ (1908), ‘The Canadian War of 1812’, and ‘The Partition’ (Clarendon Press 1922).