Person
Barkly, Henry (1815 - 1898)
FRS
- Born
- 24 February 1815
Monteagle, Rosshire, Scotland - Died
- 20 October 1898
Brompton - Occupation
- Science patron and Governor
Summary
During Henry Barkly's term as Governor of Victoria 1856-1863 he was noted for his support of philanthropic and intellectual movements. He was a founder and president of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1860-1863, and helped to found the Acclimatization Society and the Observatory.
Details
Born Monteagle, Rosshire, Scotland, 24 February 1815. Died Brompton, 20 October 1898. KCB ca 1855, GCMG 1874. Trained for commerce; business career; represented Leominster in the House of Commons 1845-48; governor and commander-in-chief of British Guiana 1849-53; governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica 1853-56; governor of Victoria 1856-63; governor of Mauritius 1863-70; governor of the Cape of Good Hope and British high commissioner in South Africa 1870-77; royal commission on colonial defence 1879. Fellow, Royal Society 1864.
Related entries
Archival resources
Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1851 - 18541, VPRS 4020; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1852 - 1857, VPRS 4022; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1854 - 1855, VPRS 4021; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1852 - 1857, VPRS 4022; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1855 - 1910, VPRS 1096; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1857 - 1866, VPRS 1094; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1857 - 1907, VPRS 1097; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1853 - 1908, VPRS 1092; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
- Governor of Victoria - Records, 1854 - 1900, VPRS 1095; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1800489. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92954339. Details
- 'Barkly, Henry (1815-1898)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-547536. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_b.html. Details
- Murphy, Sean, The Cranbourne meteorite (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly publishing, 2023), 164 pp. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 October 2024
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