Lieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens KCB

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 KCMG

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 (24 February 1823 – 1 December 1889) was a British army officer and colonial governor. He was born in Meerut, India

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, the son of Henry Whitelocke Torrens and Eliza Mary Roberts and died in London.

Military career

Torrens was commissioned as a second Lieutenant

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 in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1849. His rise through the ranks was very rapid, reaching the rank of Colonel

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 in 1864.

He served in the Crimean War

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 at the major battles, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur

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, followed by service in India during the Indian Mutiny

Indian Rebellion of 1857

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 in 1857.

He was promoted to Major-General in 1869 and finally to Lieutenant-General while serving as General Officer Commanding

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 Cork District in Ireland

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 in 1884.

He went on to be was Governor of Cape Colony

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 in 1886 and Governor of Malta

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 in 1888. He was a keen golfer founding both Royal Cape Golf Club in 1886 and Royal Malta Golf Club

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 in 1888.
He died on 1 December 1889 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery

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 in London

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