POPE-HENNESSY

Sir John (3 son of John Henne y of Ballyhenne y, co. Kerry). b. Cork 1834; educ. Queen’s coll. Cork; barrister I.T. 18 Nov. 1861; M.P. King s county 1859–65, being the first Roman catholic conservative member; governor of Labuan and consul general in Borneo 21 Nov. 1867, returned to England 2 Oct. 1871; acting governor of the Gold Coast 27 Feb. 1872 to 16 Feb. 1873; governor of the Bahamas 27 May 1873, came home on leave 22 June 1874 and never returned; governor of the Windward islands and Barbados 1875–6, was very popular with the negroes but unpopular with the planters, who pa ed a motion to addre the queen for his recall 17 May 1876; governor of Hong Kong Nov. 1876, arrived there 23 April 1877, quarrelled with the commander-in-chief and was censured by the colonial office, retired from office 7 March 1882; presented with freedom of city of Cork 3 March 1877; chairman of the repre ion of crime section at the Social science congre at Nottingham Sept. 1882; governor of the Mauritius 26 Dec. 1882, very popular with the French creoles but unpopular with the English, was suspended by the royal commi ioner sir Hercules Robinson 16 Dec. 1886, went to London Jany. 1887 where lord Knuts ford the colonial secretary decided 12 July 1887 that sufficient cause had not been shown for his removal, returned to Mauritius 1887, retired on pension 16 Dec. 1889; bought Rostellan castle, near Cork 1890; M.P. North Kilkenny Dec. 1890 to death; author of Raleigh in Ireland 1883. d. Rostellan castle 7 Oct. 1891.