Sir Henry Barkly

Governor of Victoria
Born
24 February 1815, Highbury (Middlesex), England
Died
20 October 1898, London, England
Sex
Male
Father
Aeneas Barkly (West India merchant)
Married (1) Elizabeth Helen Timins; (2) Anne Maria Pratt (daughter of Maj-Gen Sir Thomas Simson Pratt)

Parliamentary service

Governor of Victoria

Career

  • FRS 1864, FRGS 1870.
  • Member of UK House of Commons 1845-48.
  • Governor of British Guiana 1848-53.
  • Governor of Jamaica 1853-56.
  • Governor of Vic 1856-63.
  • Governor of Mauritius 1863-70.
  • Governor of Cape Colony 1870-77.
  • KCB 1853, GCMG 1874.

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