Terence O'Brien (colonial governor)
Major General Sir Terence O'Brien |
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Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
In office 1 December 1863 – 21 March 1865 |
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Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Preceded by | Charles Justin MacCarthy |
Succeeded by | Hercules Robinson |
22nd General Officer Commanding, Ceylon | |
In office 1860 – ? |
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Preceded by | Henry Frederick Lockyer |
Succeeded by | Studholme John Hodson |
Personal details | |
Born | John Terence Nicholls O'Brien 23 April 1830 Manchester, England |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, England |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | Major general |
Commands | General Officer Commanding, Ceylon |
Major general Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (23 April 1830 – 28 February 1903) was a surveyor, engineer and colonial governor, born in Manchester, England and died in London, England.
He studied at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
O'Brien, a British Army officer, received a medal of honour for his service in the Indian Mutiny War. He was appointed acting Governor of British Ceylon in 1863 and held the office for two years, succeeding Charles Justin MacCarthy.[1]
In 1881 he was appointed governor of Heligoland, knighted in 1888 and became governor of Newfoundland in 1889.
O'Brien as governor of Newfoundland helped precipitate the 1894 bank crash by his many dispatches to London noting that Newfoundland politicians under Premier William Whiteway's Liberal Government were uniquely corrupt and incompetent. He resigned from office in 1895 and returned to London.
The Newfoundland community of Terenceville was so named in his honour. O'Brien's son, Sir Charles O'Brien, also became a colonial governor.
See also
References
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External links
- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by | acting Governor of British Ceylon 1863–1865 |
Succeeded by Hercules Robinson |
Preceded by | Governor of Heligoland 1881–1888 |
Succeeded by Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly |
Preceded by | Colonial Governor of Newfoundland 1889–1895 |
Succeeded by Sir Herbert Harley Murray |
Military offices | ||
Preceded by | General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1860–? |
Succeeded by Studholme John Hodson |
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