Henry Turner Irving

Sir Henry Turner Irving GCMG
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 4 January 1872 – 4 March 1872
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Hercules Robinson
Succeeded by	William Henry Gregory
Governor of Trinidad
In office 1874–1880
Preceded by	John Scott Bushe (acting)
Succeeded by	John Scott Bushe (acting)
Personal details
Born	1833
Died	1923

Sir Henry Turner Irving, GCMG (1833–1923) was a British Civil Servant and Colonial Administrator. He first served as acting Governor of British Ceylon. From 1873-1874, he served as Governor of the Leeward Islands. From 1874-1880, he served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1882-1887, he served as Governor of British Guiana.

He was the first Governor of Trinidad to occupy the Government House, now known as the President's House.

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.

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

Government offices
Preceded by Hercules Robinson	Acting Governor of Ceylon 1872	Succeeded by William Henry Gregory
Preceded by Sir Benjamin Pine	Governor of the Leeward Islands 1873–1874	Succeeded by George Berkeley
Preceded by John Scott Bushe (acting)	Governor of Trinidad 1874–1880	Succeeded by John Scott Bushe (acting)
Preceded by Sir William Young	Governor of British Guiana 1882–1887	Succeeded by Charles Bruce

External links

• Article on Henry Turner Irving in Stabroek News. Archived in landofsixpeoples.com
• Henry Turner Irving in Stabroek News. Archived in landofsixpeoples.com