Lieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens was a British Army officer and colonial governor.
10 Facts About Henry Torrens
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Henry Torrens was born in Meerut, India, the son of Henry Whitelock Torrens and Eliza Mary Roberts and died in London.
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Henry Torrens's rise through the ranks was very rapid, reaching the rank of colonel in 1864.
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Henry Torrens served in the Crimean War at the major battles, for which he was awarded the Legion d'honneur, followed by service in India during the Indian Mutiny in 1857.
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Henry Torrens was promoted to Major-General in 1869 and finally to Lieutenant-General while serving as General Officer Commanding Cork District in Ireland in 1884.
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Henry Torrens went on to be was Governor of Cape Colony in 1886 and Governor of Malta in 1888.
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Henry Torrens was a keen golfer founding both Royal Cape Golf Club in 1886 and Royal Malta Golf Club in 1888.
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In 1876, Henry Torrens married Georgina Frances De Butts in Kensington, London.
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Henry Torrens was born in 1852, the daughter of Augustus De Butts Jr and his wife, Hannah Georgeina Elizabeth Inglefield, and granddaughter of General Sir Augustus De Butts.
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Henry Torrens died on 1 December 1889 and the beneficiary of his will was his wife, Georgina Frances Torrens.