Henry Torrens (British Army officer, born 1833)

Not to be confused with Henry Torrens (British Army officer, born 1779).

Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens
Photograph by Felice Beato, 1858–1859
Born24 February 1833
Died1 December 1889
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1849 - 1889
RankLieutenant General
Battles / warsCrimean War
Indian Mutiny
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of St Michael and St George

Lieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens KCB KCMG (24 February 1833 – 1 December 1889) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He was born in Meerut, India, the son of Henry Whitelock Torrens and Eliza Mary Roberts and died in London.

Military career

Torrens was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1849.[1] His rise through the ranks was very rapid, reaching the rank of colonel in 1864.[2]

He served in the Crimean War at the major battles, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur,[3] followed by service in India during the Indian Mutiny in 1857.

In 1862, he published a book, Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir, about his summer holiday the previous year.[4]

He was promoted to Major-General in 1869 and finally to Lieutenant-General while serving as General Officer Commanding Cork District in Ireland in 1884.[5]

He went on to be was Governor of Cape Colony in 1886 and Governor of Malta in 1888. He was a keen golfer founding both Royal Cape Golf Club in 1886 and Royal Malta Golf Club in 1888.

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

Personal life

In 1876, Torrens married Georgina Frances De Butts in Kensington, London.[6] She was born in 1852, the daughter of Augustus De Butts Jr (1806–1867) and his wife, Hannah Georgeina Elizabeth Inglefield, and granddaughter of General Sir Augustus De Butts.[7] She died in 1918.[8]

He died on 1 December 1889 and the beneficiary of his will was his wife, Georgina Frances Torrens.[9] He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Georgina died in 1918.[10]

References

  1. ^ "No. 21020". The London Gazette. 18 September 1849. p. 2854.
  2. ^ "No. 22873". The London Gazette. 12 July 1864. p. 3503.
  3. ^ "No. 21996". The London Gazette. 1 May 1857. p. 1574.
  4. ^ Torrens, Henry D'Oyley (1862). Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir. Cornell University Library: Saunders, Otley & Co. (London). pp. Preface.
  5. ^ "No. 25314". The London Gazette. 1 February 1884. p. 488.
  6. ^ "Henry Doyly Torrens". England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005. familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Catalogue description DE BUTTS, Augustus 1806-1867". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Georgina Frances Torrens: England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Henry D Oyly Torrens: England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Georgina Frances Torrens: England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Cape Colony
1886–1888 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Malta
1888–1889 		Succeeded by


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