Sir Henry Turner Irving, GCMG (1833–1923) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. He first served as acting Governor of British Ceylon.[1] In 1873–1874, he served as Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1874–1880, he served as Governor of Trinidad. In 1882–1887, he served as Governor of British Guiana.

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Sir Henry Turner Irving
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office
4 January 1872  4 March 1872
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byHercules Robinson
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Gregory
Governor of Trinidad
In office
1874–1880
Preceded byJohn Scott Bushe (acting)
Succeeded byJohn Scott Bushe (acting)
Personal details
Born1833
Died1923 (aged 8990)
Spouse
Emma Patty Barclay
(m. 1884; died 1903)
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He was the first Governor of Trinidad to occupy the Government House, now known as the President's House.[2]

He entered the Colonial Office as a clerk in 1854. In 1858, while at the Colonial Office, he served as a special messenger to William Ewart Gladstone who was then the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. He then was appointed private secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary, Sir Frederic Rogers in 1862. In 1865, he was selected to accompany the Governor of Jamaica, John Peter Grant, as Colonial Secretary of that colony.[3]

He married widow Emma Patty Johnson (née Barclay) on 24 June 1884. Lady Irving died in 1903. The couple had no children.[4]

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