John Pope Hennessy
Sir John Pope Hennessy | |||||||||
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| 15th Governor of Mauritius | |||||||||
| In office 1 June 1883 – 11 December 1889 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Napier Broome | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Cameron Lees | ||||||||
| 8th Governor of Hong Kong | |||||||||
| In office 23 April 1877 – 30 March 1883 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Lieutenant Governor | Sir Francis Colborne Edward Donovan John Sargent | ||||||||
| Colonial Secretary | John Gardiner Austin William Henry Marsh | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sir George Bowen | ||||||||
| 10th Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands | |||||||||
| In office 1875–1876 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Sanford Freeling, acting | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | George Cumine Strahan | ||||||||
| 25th Governor of the Bahamas | |||||||||
| In office 1873–1874 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir George Cumine Strahan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sir William Robinson | ||||||||
| Governor of Sierra Leone | |||||||||
| In office 1872–1873 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | John Jennings Kendall, acting | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robert Keate | ||||||||
| Governor of the Gold Coast | |||||||||
| In office 1872–1872 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Herbert Taylor Ussher | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charles Spencer Salmon, acting | ||||||||
| 6th Governor of Labuan | |||||||||
| In office 1867–1871 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Hugh Low (acting) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1834 County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||
| Died | 7 October 1891 (aged 57) Rostellan Castle, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||
| Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (1859–1865) | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Catherine Elizabeth Low
(m. 1868) | ||||||||
| Domestic partner | A. M. Conyngham | ||||||||
| Children | 2 daughters, 3 sons | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Queen's University of Ireland | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 軒尼詩 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 轩尼诗 | ||||||||
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Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG (Chinese: 軒尼詩; 8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.