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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.
Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens | |
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_-_(Lieutenant-Colonel_Torrens)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) Photograph by Felice Beato, 1858–1859 | |
| Born | 24 February 1833 |
| Died | 1 December 1889 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1849 - 1889 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles / wars | Crimean War Indian Mutiny |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of St Michael and St George |
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.
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]
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